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= Installing Using ZIP Archive

== Prerequisites

Ignite was tested on:

include::includes/prereqs.adoc[]


== Installing Using ZIP Archive

. Unpack the archive:
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[tabs]
--
tab:Unix[]
[source,shell]
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unzip ignite-3.0.0-beta2.zip && cd ignite-db-3.0.0-beta2
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tab:Windows (PowerShell)[]
[source,shell]
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Expand-Archive ignite-3.0.0-beta2.zip -DestinationPath . ; cd ignite-db-3.0.0-beta2
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tab:Windows (CMD)[]
[source,shell]
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tar -xf ignite-3.0.0-beta2.zip & cd ignite-db-3.0.0-beta2
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. Add the database directory to the PATH environment variable:
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[tabs]
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tab:Unix[]
[source,shell]
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cd ignite-db-3.0.0
export IGNITE_HOME=$(pwd)
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On Windows, create the `IGNITE_HOME` environment variable with the path to the folder.

== Next Steps

With the Ignite installed, you can proceed with the link:quick-start/getting-started-guide[Getting Started] or link:developers-guide/table-api[use the available APIs] immediately.