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     2  layout: "intro"
     3  page_title: "Installing Terraform"
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     6    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.
     7  ---
     8  
     9  # Install Terraform
    10  
    11  Terraform must first be installed on your machine. Terraform is distributed
    12  as a [binary package](/downloads.html) for all supported platforms and
    13  architecture. This page will not cover how to compile Terraform from
    14  source.
    15  
    16  ## Installing Terraform
    17  
    18  To install Terraform, find the [appropriate package](/downloads.html) for
    19  your system and download it. Terraform is packaged as a zip archive.
    20  
    21  After downloading Terraform, unzip the package into a directory where
    22  Terraform will be installed. The directory will contain a set of binary
    23  programs, such as `terraform`, `terraform-provider-aws`, etc. The final
    24  step is to make sure the directory you installed Terraform to is on the
    25  PATH. See
    26  [this page](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14637979/how-to-permanently-set-path-on-linux)
    27  for instructions on setting the PATH on Linux and Mac.
    28  [This page](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1618280/where-can-i-set-path-to-make-exe-on-windows)
    29  contains instructions for setting the PATH on Windows.
    30  
    31  Example for Linux/Mac - Type the following into your terminal:
    32  >`PATH=/usr/local/terraform/bin:/home/your-user-name/terraform:$PATH`
    33  
    34  Example for Windows - Type the following into Powershell:
    35  >`set PATH=%PATH%;C:\terraform`
    36  
    37  
    38  ## Verifying the Installation
    39  
    40  After installing Terraform, verify the installation worked by opening a new
    41  terminal session and checking that `terraform` is available. By executing
    42  `terraform` you should see help output similar to that below:
    43  
    44  ```
    45  $ terraform
    46  usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]
    47  
    48  Available commands are:
    49      apply       Builds or changes infrastructure
    50      destroy     Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure
    51      get         Download and install modules for the configuration
    52      graph       Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
    53      init        Initializes Terraform configuration from a module
    54      output      Read an output from a state file
    55      plan        Generate and show an execution plan
    56      push        Upload this Terraform module to Atlas to run
    57      refresh     Update local state file against real resources
    58      remote      Configure remote state storage
    59      show        Inspect Terraform state or plan
    60      taint       Manually mark a resource for recreation
    61      validate    Validates the Terraform files
    62      version     Prints the Terraform version
    63  ```
    64  
    65  If you get an error that `terraform` could not be found, then your PATH
    66  environment variable was not setup properly. Please go back and ensure
    67  that your PATH variable contains the directory where Terraform was installed.
    68  
    69  Otherwise, Terraform is installed and ready to go! Nice!
    70  
    71  ## Next Step
    72  
    73  Time to [build infrastructure](/intro/getting-started/build.html)
    74  using a minimal Terraform configuration file. You will be able to
    75  examine Terraform's execution plan before you deploy it to AWS.