[[!meta title="Installing ProteanOS"]] There are two simple steps to downloading and installing ProteanOS. First, you need to download, build, and optionally install prokit, the ProteanOS Development Kit. This software package will allow you to install and manage ProteanOS systems. [[Get_started!_→|doc/install/prokit]] Then, choose how and where to install ProteanOS: * [[On_an_existing_host_system_under_an_isolated_file_system_environment_→|doc/install/chroot]] * [[On_a_supported_PC_→|doc/install/pc]] ProteanOS package development is typically done on an different host system. Running ProteanOS on actual hardware is only necessary for testing things like hardware-specific features (e.g. booting with a new `linux-image-*` package), network configuration, or system services (e.g. a logging daemon or a Web server). See the [[legal_and_technical_notices|doc/legal]] to learn how to find copyright information for ProteanOS packages and how to build ProteanOS packages from source code.