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---
layout: "intro"
page_title: "Installing Terraform"
sidebar_current: "gettingstarted-install"
---
# Install Terraform
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Terraform must first be installed on your machine. Terraform is distributed
as a [binary package](/downloads.html) for all supported platforms and
architecture. This page will not cover how to compile Terraform from
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source.
## Installing Terraform
To install Terraform, find the [appropriate package](/downloads.html) for
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your system and download it. Terraform is packaged as a zip archive.
After downloading Terraform, unzip the package into a directory where
Terraform will be installed. The directory will contain a set of binary
programs, such as `terraform`, `terraform-provider-aws`, etc. The final
step is to make sure the directory you installed Terraform to is on the
PATH. See
[this page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14637979/how-to-permanently-set-path-on-linux)
for instructions on setting the PATH on Linux and Mac.
[This page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1618280/where-can-i-set-path-to-make-exe-on-windows)
contains instructions for setting the PATH on Windows.
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## Verifying the Installation
After installing Terraform, verify the installation worked by opening a new
terminal session and checking that `terraform` is available. By executing
`terraform` you should see help output similar to that below:
```
$ terraform
usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]
Available commands are:
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apply Builds or changes infrastructure
graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
output Read an output from a state file
plan Generate and show an execution plan
refresh Update local state file against real resources
show Inspect Terraform state or plan
version Prints the Terraform version
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```
If you get an error that `terraform` could not be found, then your PATH
environment variable was not setup properly. Please go back and ensure
that your PATH variable contains the directory where Terraform was installed.
Otherwise, Terraform is installed and ready to go!