= Installation =

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== Prerequisites ==
First, install the prerequisite libraries.  See the [wiki:Prereqs] page for more information.

== Bcfg2 ==
Before installing, you will need to choose a machine to be the Bcfg2 server.  We recommend a Linux-based machine for this purpose, but the server will work on any supported operating system.  Note that you may eventually want to run a web server on this machine for reporting and serving up package repositories.

  * '''From packages:''' The easiest way to install Bcfg2 is from packages for your operating system.  You can grab packages (and source packages) for various OSes from the [wiki:Download] page. Install them as you would any other packages.  The server package only needs to be installed on your designated Bcfg2 server machine; the clients package needs to be installed on any machine you plan to manage by Bcfg2.
  * '''From source:''' The Bcfg2 source tarball can also be grabbed from the [wiki:Download] page.    After untarring the file, you can build Bcfg2 with {{{python setup.py install --prefix=/install/prefix}}}  This will install both the client and server on that machine.

== Configuration ==
Once Bcfg2 is installed, head over to the [wiki:QuickStart] to get it configured and up-and-running.