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-[[setup-installation]]
-== Installation
-
-After link:/download[downloading] the latest release and extracting it,
-*elasticsearch* can be started using:
-
-[source,sh]
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-$ bin/elasticsearch
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-
-Under *nix system, the command will start the process in the foreground.
-To run it in the background, add the `-d` switch to it:
-
-[source,sh]
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-$ bin/elasticsearch -d
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-
-ElasticSearch is built using Java, and requires at least
-http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp[Java 6] in order to run.
-The version of Java that will be used can be set by setting the
-`JAVA_HOME` environment variable.
-
-.*NIX
-*************************************************************************
-There are added features when using the `elasticsearch` shell script.
-The first, which was explained earlier, is the ability to easily run the
-process either in the foreground or the background.
-
-Another feature is the ability to pass `-X` and `-D` or getopt long style
-configuration parameters directly to the script. When set, all override
-anything set using either `JAVA_OPTS` or `ES_JAVA_OPTS`. For example:
-
-[source,sh]
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-$ bin/elasticsearch -f -Xmx2g -Xms2g -Des.index.store.type=memory --node.name=my-node
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-*************************************************************************