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layout: "intro"
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page_title: "Installing Terraform"
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sidebar_current: "gettingstarted-install"
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description: |-
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Terraform must first be installed on your machine. Terraform is distributed as a binary package for all supported platforms and architecture. This page will not cover how to compile Terraform from source.
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---
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# Install Terraform
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Terraform must first be installed on your machine. Terraform is distributed
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as a [binary package](/downloads.html) for all supported platforms and
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architecture. This page will not cover how to compile Terraform from
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source.
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## Installing Terraform
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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.
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After downloading Terraform, unzip the package into a directory where
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Terraform will be installed. The directory will contain a set of binary
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programs, such as `terraform`, `terraform-provider-aws`, etc. The final
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step is to make sure the directory you installed Terraform to is on the
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PATH. See
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[this page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14637979/how-to-permanently-set-path-on-linux)
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for instructions on setting the PATH on Linux and Mac.
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[This page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1618280/where-can-i-set-path-to-make-exe-on-windows)
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contains instructions for setting the PATH on Windows.
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## Verifying the Installation
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After installing Terraform, verify the installation worked by opening a new
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terminal session and checking that `terraform` is available. By executing
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`terraform` you should see help output similar to that below:
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```
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$ terraform
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usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]
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Available commands are:
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apply Builds or changes infrastructure
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destroy Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure
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get Download and install modules for the configuration
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graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
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init Initializes Terraform configuration from a module
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output Read an output from a state file
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plan Generate and show an execution plan
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refresh Update local state file against real resources
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remote Configure remote state storage
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show Inspect Terraform state or plan
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taint Manually mark a resource for recreation
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version Prints the Terraform version
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```
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If you get an error that `terraform` could not be found, then your PATH
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environment variable was not setup properly. Please go back and ensure
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that your PATH variable contains the directory where Terraform was installed.
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Otherwise, Terraform is installed and ready to go! Nice!
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## Next Step
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Time to [build infrastructure](/intro/getting-started/build.html)
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using a minimal Terraform configuration file. You will be able to
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examine Terraform's execution plan before you deploy it to AWS.
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