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# Building
At the moment, TDengine only supports building and running on Linux systems. You can choose to [install from packages](https://www.taosdata.com/en/getting-started/#Install-from-Package) or from the source code. This quick guide is for installation from the source only.
To build TDengine, use [CMake](https://cmake.org/) 2.8 or higher versions in the project directory:
To build TDengine, use [CMake](https://cmake.org/) 2.8 or higher versions in the project directory.
Install CMake for example on Ubuntu:
```
sudo apt-get install -y cmake build-essential
```
Build TDengine:
```cmd
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && cmake --build .
```
# Installing
After building successfully, TDengine can be installed by:
```cmd
make install
```
Users can find more information about directories installed on the system in the [directory and files](https://www.taosdata.com/en/documentation/administrator/#Directory-and-Files) section. It should be noted that installing from source code does not configure service management for TDengine.
Users can also choose to [install from packages](https://www.taosdata.com/en/getting-started/#Install-from-Package) for it.
# Running
<!-- TDengine uses _/etc/taos/taos.cfg_ as the default configuration file. This behavior can be changed with _-c_ option. For a quick start, we will make directories structured as:
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To start the TDengine server, run the command below in terminal:
```cmd
```cmd
./build/bin/taosd -c test/cfg
```
In another terminal, use the TDengine shell to connect the server:
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./build/bin/taos -c test/cfg
```
# Installing
After building successfully, TDengine can be installed by:
```cmd
make install
```
Users can find more information about directories installed on the system in the [directory and files](https://www.taosdata.com/en/documentation/administrator/#Directory-and-Files) section. It should be noted that installing from source code does not configure service management for TDengine.
Users can also choose to [install from packages](https://www.taosdata.com/en/getting-started/#Install-from-Package) for it.
