github.com/dkerwin/nomad@v0.3.3-0.20160525181927-74554135514b/website/source/docs/install/index.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "Install Nomad" 4 sidebar_current: "docs-install" 5 description: |- 6 Learn how to install Nomad. 7 --- 8 9 # Install Nomad 10 11 Installing Nomad is simple. There are two approaches to installing Nomad: 12 downloading a precompiled binary for your system, or installing from source. 13 14 Downloading a precompiled binary is easiest, and we provide downloads over 15 TLS along with SHA256 sums to verify the binary. 16 17 ## Precompiled Binaries 18 19 To install the precompiled binary, 20 [download](/downloads.html) the appropriate package for your system. 21 Nomad is currently packaged as a zip file. We do not have any near term 22 plans to provide system packages. 23 24 Once the zip is downloaded, unzip it into any directory. The 25 `nomad` binary inside is all that is necessary to run Nomad (or 26 `nomad.exe` for Windows). Any additional files, if any, aren't 27 required to run Nomad. 28 29 Copy the binary to anywhere on your system. If you intend to access it 30 from the command-line, make sure to place it somewhere on your `PATH`. 31 32 ## Compiling from Source 33 34 To compile from source, you will need [Go](https://golang.org) installed 35 and configured properly. you will also need Git. 36 37 1. Clone the Nomad repository into your GOPATH: https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad 38 39 1. Verify that the file `$GOPATH/src/github.com/hashicorp/nomad/main.go` 40 exists. If it does not, then you did not clone Nomad into the proper 41 path. 42 43 1. Run `make`. This will build Nomad for your current system 44 and put the binary in `bin` (relative to the git checkout). 45 46 ## Verifying the Installation 47 48 To verify Nomad is properly installed, execute the `nomad` binary on 49 your system. You should see help output. If you are executing it from 50 the command line, make sure it is on your PATH or you may get an error 51 about `nomad` not being found.