(Quick Reference) # 2.2 Downloading and Installing Version: 6.0.0 ## 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. ## Install with SDKMAN To install the latest version of Grails using SDKMAN, run this on your terminal:
    sdk install grails
You can also specify a version
    sdk install grails 6.0.0
You can find more information about SDKMAN usage on the SDKMAN Docs ## Manual installation 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 ### Unix/Linux This is typically a matter of adding something like the following `export GRAILS_HOME=/path/to/grails` to your profile This can be done by adding `export PATH="$PATH:$GRAILS_HOME/bin"` to your profile ### Windows Copy the path to the bin directory inside the grails folder you have downloaded, for example,
    C:/path_to_grails/bin
Go to Environment Variables, you can typically search or run the command below, the type env and then Enter
    Start + R
Edit the Path variable on User Variables / System Variables depending on your choice. Paste the copied path in the Path Variable. If Grails is working correctly you should now be able to type `grails -version` in the terminal window and see output similar to this:
    Grails version: 6.0.0
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