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+title: "Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout"
+description: "Use the Netdata Agent source code from GitHub, plus helper scripts to set up your system, to install Netdata without packages or binaries."
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md
+-->
+
+# Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout
+
+To install the latest git version of Netdata, please follow these 2 steps:
+
+1.  [Prepare your system](#prepare-your-system)
+
+    Install the required packages on your system.
+
+2.  [Install Netdata](#install-netdata)
+
+    Download and install Netdata. You can also update it the same way.
+
+## Prepare your system
+
+Use our automatic requirements installer (_no need to be `root`_), which attempts to find the packages that
+should be installed on your system to build and run Netdata. It supports a large variety of major Linux distributions
+and other operating systems and is regularly tested. You can find this tool [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh) or run it directly with `bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh)`. Otherwise read on for how to get requires packages manually:
+
+-   **Alpine** Linux and its derivatives
+    -   You have to install `bash` yourself, before using the installer.
+
+-   **Arch** Linux and its derivatives
+    -   You need arch/aur for package Judy.
+
+-   **Gentoo** Linux and its derivatives
+
+-   **Debian** Linux and its derivatives (including **Ubuntu**, **Mint**)
+
+-   **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** and its derivatives (including **Fedora**, **CentOS**, **Amazon Machine Image**)
+    -   Please note that for RHEL/CentOS you need
+        [EPEL](http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/).
+        In addition, RHEL/CentOS version 6 also need
+        [OKay](https://okay.com.mx/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) for package libuv version 1.
+    -   CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 requires a bit of extra work. See the dedicated section below.
+
+-   **SUSE** Linux and its derivatives (including **openSUSE**)
+
+-   **SLE12** Must have your system registered with SUSE Customer Center or have the DVD. See
+    [#1162](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/1162)
+
+Install the packages for having a **basic Netdata installation** (system monitoring and many applications, without  `mysql` / `mariadb`, `postgres`, `named`, hardware sensors and `SNMP`):
+
+```sh
+curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata
+```
+
+Install all the required packages for **monitoring everything Netdata can monitor**:
+
+```sh
+curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata-all
+```
+
+If the above do not work for you, please [open a github
+issue](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/new?title=packages%20installer%20failed&labels=installation%20help&body=The%20experimental%20packages%20installer%20failed.%0A%0AThis%20is%20what%20it%20says:%0A%0A%60%60%60txt%0A%0Aplease%20paste%20your%20screen%20here%0A%0A%60%60%60)
+with a copy of the message you get on screen. We are trying to make it work everywhere (this is also why the script
+[reports back](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/2054) success or failure for all its runs).
+
+---
+
+This is how to do it by hand:
+
+```sh
+# Debian / Ubuntu
+apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libjudy-dev libssl-dev libelf-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkg-config curl python cmake
+
+# Fedora
+dnf install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel openssl-devel elfutils-libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake
+
+# CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git libmnl-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel elfutils-libelf-devel make nc pkgconfig python zlib-devel cmake
+
+# openSUSE
+zypper install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel liblz4-devel judy-devel libopenssl-devel libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake
+```
+
+Once Netdata is compiled, to run it the following packages are required (already installed using the above commands):
+
+| package   | description|
+|:-----:|-----------|
+| `libuuid` | part of `util-linux` for GUIDs management|
+| `zlib`    | gzip compression for the internal Netdata web server|
+| `libuv`   | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O, version 1 or greater|
+
+*Netdata will fail to start without the above.*
+
+Netdata plugins and various aspects of Netdata can be enabled or benefit when these are installed (they are optional):
+
+| package |description|
+|:-----:|-----------|
+| `bash`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**|
+| `curl`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**|
+| `iproute` or `iproute2`|for monitoring **Linux traffic QoS**<br/>use `iproute2` if `iproute` reports as not available or obsolete|
+| `python`|for most of the external plugins|
+| `python-yaml`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**|
+| `python-beanstalkc`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**|
+| `python-dnspython`|used for monitoring DNS query time|
+| `python-ipaddress`|used for monitoring **DHCPd**<br/>this package is required only if the system has python v2. python v3 has this functionality embedded|
+| `python-mysqldb`<br/>or<br/>`python-pymysql`|used for monitoring **mysql** or **mariadb** databases<br/>`python-mysqldb` is a lot faster and thus preferred|
+| `python-psycopg2`|used for monitoring **postgresql** databases|
+| `python-pymongo`|used for monitoring **mongodb** databases|
+| `nodejs`|used for `node.js` plugins for monitoring **named** and **SNMP** devices|
+| `lm-sensors`|for monitoring **hardware sensors**|
+| `libelf`|for monitoring kernel-level metrics using eBPF|
+| `libmnl`|for collecting netfilter metrics|
+| `netcat`|for shell plugins to collect metrics from remote systems|
+
+*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.*
+
+Netdata DB engine can be enabled when these are installed (they are optional):
+
+| package  | description|
+|:-----:|-----------|
+| `liblz4` | Extremely fast compression algorithm, version r129 or greater|
+| `Judy`   | General purpose dynamic array|
+| `openssl`| Cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit|
+
+*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.*
+
+Netdata Cloud support may require the following packages to be installed:
+
+| package  | description
+|:--------:| -----------------------
+| `cmake` | Needed at build time if you aren't using your distribution's version of libwebsockets or are building on a platform other than Linux
+| `openssl` | Needed to secure communications with the Netdata Cloud
+
+*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.*
+
+### CentOS / RHEL 6.x
+
+On CentOS / RHEL 6.x, many of the dependencies for Netdata are only
+available with versions older than what we need, so special setup is
+required if manually installing packages.
+
+CentOS 6.x:
+
+- Enable the EPEL repo
+- Enable the additional repo from [okay.network](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html)
+
+And install the minimum required dependencies.
+
+### CentOS / RHEL 8.x
+
+For CentOS / RHEL 8.x a lot of development packages have moved out into their
+own separate repositories. Some other dependencies are either missing completely
+or have to be sourced by 3rd-parties.
+
+CentOS 8.x:
+
+- Enable the PowerTools repo
+- Enable the EPEL repo
+- Enable the Extra repo from [OKAY](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html)
+
+And install the minimum required dependencies:
+
+```sh
+# Enable config-manager
+yum install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)'
+
+# Enable PowerTools
+yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
+
+# Enable EPEL
+yum install -y epel-release
+
+# Install Repo for libuv-devl (NEW)
+yum install -y http://repo.okay.com.mx/centos/8/x86_64/release/okay-release-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm
+
+# Install Devel Packages
+yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git cmake libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel make nc pkgconfig python3 zlib-devel
+
+# Install Judy-Devel directly
+yum install -y http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/Judy-devel-1.0.5-18.module_el8.1.0+217+4d875839.x86_64.rpm
+```
+
+---
+
+### Install Netdata
+
+Do this to install and run Netdata:
+
+```sh
+# download it - the directory 'netdata' will be created
+git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100
+cd netdata
+
+# run script with root privileges to build, install, start Netdata
+./netdata-installer.sh
+```
+
+-   If you don't want to run it straight-away, add `--dont-start-it` option.
+
+-   You can also append `--stable-channel` to fetch and install only the official releases from GitHub, instead of the nightly builds.
+
+-   If you don't want to install it on the default directories, you can run the installer like this: `./netdata-installer.sh --install /opt`. This one will install Netdata in `/opt/netdata`.
+
+-   If your server does not have access to the internet and you have manually put the installation directory on your server, you will need to pass the option `--disable-go` to the installer. The option will prevent the installer from attempting to download and install `go.d.plugin`. 
+
+Once the installer completes, the file `/etc/netdata/netdata.conf` will be created (if you changed the installation directory, the configuration will appear in that directory too).
+
+You can edit this file to set options. One common option to tweak is `history`, which controls the size of the memory database Netdata will use. By default is `3600` seconds (an hour of data at the charts) which makes Netdata use about 10-15MB of RAM (depending on the number of charts detected on your system). Check **\[[Memory Requirements]]**.
+
+To apply the changes you made, you have to restart Netdata.
+
+### 'nonrepresentable section on output' errors
+
+Our current build process unfortunately has some issues when using certain configurations of the `clang` C compiler on Linux.
+
+If the installation fails with errors like `/bin/ld: externaldeps/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.a(context.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against '.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC`, and you are trying to build with `clang` on Linux, you will need to build Netdata using GCC to get a fully functional install. 
+
+In most cases, you can do this by running `CC=gcc ./netdata-installer.sh`.
+
+## What's next?
+
+When you're finished with installation, check out our [single-node](/docs/quickstart/single-node.md) or
+[infrastructure](/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md) monitoring quickstart guides based on your use case.
+
+Or, skip straight to [configuring the Netdata Agent](/docs/configure/nodes.md).
+
+Read through Netdata's [documentation](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs), which is structured based on actions and
+solutions, to enable features like health monitoring, alarm notifications, long-term metrics storage, exporting to
+external databases, and more.
+
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