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3. If you don't already have a virtual machine player, we recommend VirtualBox. See these [[Virtual appliance instructions]] on how to load your Archivematica virtual appliance using VirtualBox. | 3. If you don't already have a virtual machine player, we recommend VirtualBox. See these [[Virtual appliance instructions]] on how to load your Archivematica virtual appliance using VirtualBox. | ||
Revision as of 18:45, 19 May 2010
Main Page > Download
There are a three primary ways to download and use Archivematica 0.6-alpha.
Virtual appliance
1. What is a virtual appliance?
2. Download your preferred virtual appliance format:
- VirtualBox [link]
- VMware [link]
- KVM [link]
3. If you don't already have a virtual machine player, we recommend VirtualBox. See these Virtual appliance instructions on how to load your Archivematica virtual appliance using VirtualBox.
Bootable USB key
1. Download this .raw file:
[raw file link]
2. Use it to create a bootable USB key:
3. See these instructions for getting started with the USB key:
Bare metal install
If you have hardware that you can dedicate to an Archivematica appliance you can use the .raw file above to do a bare metal install. The .raw file is designed to work in a minimal 4GB demo environment. Once it is installed on dedicated hardware you can use a disk utility to increase the disk partition to take advantage of all the hard disk space available on the machine.
Please post a message to the discussion list or join the developers in the Chat room to get some assistance with this method.