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        <h2>Get Fluidity</h2>
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        <p>Fluidity is distributed free of charge under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html">GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)</a>. As with all open source code, the source code is readily available to download and install. In addition, we fully support Fluidity on the latest Ubuntu and CentOS/RHEL (Linux) operating systems.
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        <h2>Source Code</h2>
        <p>The Fluidity source code is held (under <a href="https://git-scm.com">Git version control</a>) in a GitHub repository, and can be explored <a href="https://github.com/FluidityProject/fluidity">here</a>. For those wishing to use the "bleeding edge" version of Fluidity, feel free to <a href="https://github.com/FluidityProject/fluidity/archive/master.zip">download the 'master' branch</a> of the repository. For those wishing to use the official releases, please check out the <a href="https://github.com/FluidityProject/fluidity/releases">releases page</a>.</p>
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        <h2>Ubuntu & CentOS/RHEL Distribution</h2>
        <p>Fluidity is primarily supported on two Linux platforms: Ubuntu LTS 14.04 and 16.04, and CentOS/RHEL 6 and 7. Installation of the binary Fluidity package on a clean install for either platform should be straightforward.</p>
        
        <p>To install on Ubuntu LTS, type:<br>
        <code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fluidity-core/ppa<br>sudo apt-get update<br>sudo apt-get install fluidity</code></p>
        
        <p>To install on CentOS/RHEL 6, type:<br>
        <code>sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo http://fluidityproject.github.com/yum/fluidity-rhel6.repo<br>sudo yum install fluidity</code></p>
        <p>To install on CentOS/RHEL 7, type as above but replacing 'rhel6' with 'rhel7' in the first command.</p>
        
        <p>You will find more information in our <a href="https://github.com/FluidityProject/fluidity/wiki/Obtaining-and-compiling-Fluidity">wiki</a>.</p>
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        <h2>Other Platforms</h2>
        <p>Limited support is available towards installation of Fluidity on other platforms. Please <a href="https://github.com/FluidityProject/fluidity/wiki/Obtaining-and-compiling-Fluidity">consult our wiki</a> for more details.</p>
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