# Installing Rocs

## From packages

All major Linux distributions (and also the KDE on Windows
Project and FreeBSD) ship precompiled versions of the latest release Rocs.

[Rocs installation commands](https://pkgs.org/download/rocs)

## From source

Alternatively, here are generic installation instructions from source:

1. Get the source in one of these ways:
   - Download the released `tar.gz` source files from https://download.kde.org/
   - Download a specific release, e.g. https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/19.04.2/src/
   - Clone the git repository at https://invent.kde.org/kde/rocs.git
2. [Configure your system](https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Edu/Rocs).
3. Start Rocs by running the `rocs` binary on a terminal.
