2.2 Downloading and Installing 3.1.1

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(Quick Reference) # 2.2 Downloading and Installing - Reference Documentation Authors: Graeme Rocher, Peter Ledbrook, Marc Palmer, Jeff Brown, Luke Daley, Burt Beckwith, Lari Hotari Version: 3.1.1 ## 2.2 Downloading and Installing The first step to getting up and running with Grails is to install the distribution. The best way to install Grails on *nix systems is with SDKMAN which greatly simplifies installing and managing multiple Grails versions. For manual installation follow these steps: Download a binary distribution of Grails and extract the resulting zip file to a location of your choice Set the GRAILS_HOME environment variable to the location where you extracted the zip On Unix/Linux based systems this is typically a matter of adding something like the following `export GRAILS_HOME=/path/to/grails` to your profile On Windows this is typically a matter of setting an environment variable under `My Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables` Then add the `bin` directory to your `PATH` variable: On Unix/Linux based systems this can be done by adding `export PATH="$PATH:$GRAILS_HOME/bin"` to your profile On Windows this is done by modifying the `Path` environment variable under `My Computer/Advanced/Environment Variables` If Grails is working correctly you should now be able to type `grails -version` in the terminal window and see output similar to this: bc. Grails version: 3.0.0 | Quick Reference (hide)