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                <h2>Download the Grails<sup>&reg;</sup> framework [%latest]</h2>
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                <li class='legend'>Select a profile and set of features tailored to your needs with our application initializer, Grails Application Forge</li>
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                    <a href='https://start.grails.org'>Grails Application Forge</a>
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                    <a href='https://github.com/grails/grails-core/releases/tag/v[%latest]'>Release Notes</a>
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                    <a href='https://github.com/grails/grails-forge/releases/download/v[%latest]/grails-cli-[%latest].zip'>Binary</a>
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                    <a href='https://github.com/grails/grails-doc/releases/download/v[%latest]/grails-docs.zip'>Documentation</a>
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            <p style='margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0;'>For historical release notes, refer to
                <a href='https://github.com/grails/grails-core/releases'>Github</a>
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                <h3 class='columnheader'>Older Versions</h3>
                <p>You can download previous versions as far back as Grails 1.2.0.</p>
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                <p>For a quick and effortless start on Mac OSX, Linux, or Cygwin, you can use
                    <a href='https://sdkman.io'>SDKMAN! (The Software Development Kit Manager)</a> to download and configure any Grails version of your choice.
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                <h3 class='columnheader'>Installing with SDKMAN!</h3>
                <p>This tool makes installing the Grails framework on any Unix based platform (Mac OSX, Linux, Cygwin, Solaris, or FreeBSD) easy.</p>
                <p>Simply open a new terminal and enter:</p>
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                    <p>$ curl -s https://get.sdkman.io | bash</p>
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                <p>Follow the on-screen instructions to complete installation.</p>
                <p>Open a new terminal or type the command:</p>
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                    <p>$ source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"</p>
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                <p>Then install the latest stable Grails version:</p>
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                    <p>$ sdk install grails</p>
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                <p>If prompted, make this your default version. After installation is complete it can be tested with:</p>
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                    <p>$ grails --version</p>
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                <p>That's all there is to it!</p>
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