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+.. highlight:: console
+.. _Installation:
+
+************
+Installation
+************
+
+.. _Installation from a package_:
+
+Installation from a package
+===========================
+
+Knot DNS may already be included in your operating system distribution and
+therefore can be installed from packages (Linux), ports (BSD), or via
+Homebrew (macOS). This is always preferred unless you want to test the latest
+features, contribute to Knot development, or you know what you are doing.
+
+See the project `download <https://www.knot-dns.cz/download>`_ page for
+the latest information.
+
+.. _Installation from source code:
+
+Installation from source code
+=============================
+
+Required build environment
+--------------------------
+
+The build process relies on these standard tools:
+
+* make
+* libtool
+* pkg-config
+* autoconf >= 2.65
+* python-sphinx (optional, for documentation building)
+
+GCC >= 4.1 is mandatory for atomic built-ins, but the latest
+available version is recommended. Another requirement is ``_GNU_SOURCE``
+and C99 support, otherwise it adapts to the available compiler features.
+LLVM clang compiler since version 2.9 can be used as well.
+
+Getting the source code
+-----------------------
+
+You can find the source code for the latest release on `www.knot-dns.cz <https://www.knot-dns.cz>`_.
+Alternatively, you can fetch the whole project from the git repository
+`https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns.git <https://gitlab.nic.cz/knot/knot-dns>`_.
+
+After obtaining the source code, compilation and installation is quite a
+straightforward process using autotools.
+
+.. _Configuring and generating Makefiles:
+
+Configuring and generating Makefiles
+------------------------------------
+
+If compiling from git source, you need to bootstrap the ``./configure`` file first::
+
+    $ autoreconf -i -f
+
+In most cases, you can just run configure without any options::
+
+    $ ./configure
+
+For all available configure options run::
+
+    $ ./configure --help
+
+Compilation
+-----------
+
+After running ``./configure`` you can compile Knot DNS by running
+``make`` command, which will produce binaries and other related
+files::
+
+    $ make
+
+.. NOTE::
+   The compilation with enabled optimizations may take a long time. In such
+   a case the ``--disable-fastparser`` configure option can help.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+When you have finished building Knot DNS, it's time to install the
+binaries and configuration files into the operation system hierarchy.
+You can do so by executing::
+
+    $ make install
+
+When installing as a non-root user, you might have to gain elevated privileges by
+switching to root user, e.g. ``sudo make install`` or ``su -c 'make install'``.