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+title: Getting started on Linux 
+layout: docs
+permalink: /docs/handbook/getting-started-linux
+oneline: "Quick start with Lingua Franca on Linux"
+preamble: >
+---
+
+# Getting started on Linux
+
+## Installation
+
+### Debian & Other
+
+Sadly there are currently no packaged version of the lingua-franca compiler in debian distributions so there is
+really only the manual way. But we offer prebuild binaries [here](https://github.com/lf-lang/lingua-franca/releases). 
+Please note that you need a modern version of java 17 or greater.
+
+If you want to compile the lingua-franca compiler from scratch there is a [guide](/docs/handbook/download) for that. 
+Alternatively you can use the prebuild lfc.
+
+**Short instructions for downloading lfc**
+```bash
+    wget https://github.com/lf-lang/lingua-franca/releases/download/v0.2.0/lfc_0.2.0.tar.gz
+    tar xf lfc_0.2.0.tar.gz
+    export PATH="$(pwd)/lfc_0.2.0/bin/":$PATH // maybe add that to you bashrc/zshrc aliases
+    lfc ./src/yourproject.lf
+```
+
+### Arch
+
+There are packaged version of [lfc](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lfc-bin) and [epoch](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epoch-bin) the arch user repository.
+
+```bash
+    yay -S lfc-bin
+```
+
+Alternatively you can install it by hand.
+
+```bash
+    git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lfc-bin
+    cd lfc-bin
+    makepkg -si
+```
+
+### Nixos
+
+For nixos users there is a already a package since the **nixos-22.05** release. Lingua-franca develops quite rapidly so the version packaged for nixpkgs may lack behind.
+
+```
+    nix-shell -p lingua-franca
+    lfc ./src/youproject.lf
+```
+
+If you want to use the cpp-target and are using nix there is already great tooling built for this [here](https://github.com/lf-lang/reactor-cpp/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+## Development
+
+### Vim
+
+There is an simple Vim syntax highlighting [plugin](https://github.com/lf-lang/lingua-franca.vim).
+This vim plugin can also be found inside the nixpkgs (`vimPlugins.lingua-franca-vim`).
+
+### Integrated Development Environments
+
+Lingua-Franca has integration's into two big ides [epoch](/docs/handbook/epoch-ide)(modified version of eclipse) or a [vs-code plugin](/docs/handbook/code-extension). 
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