Installfest: Getting Set Up
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## Requirements

Everyone in the workshop should have a laptop. If it is running Windows, it should be running Windows 7 or above. If it is running OS X, it should be running 10.7 "Lion" or above. If it is running Linux, you are probably fine.

If anyone attending does not have access to a laptop running one of the above choices, let the instructors know. You can either pair with someone else, or we can provide a virtual machine that you can run if you have a laptop.

## What we are installing

By the end of these instructions, you will have the following installed:

* Java, a "virtual machine" that Clojure runs atop of
* Leiningen, a tool for running Clojure programs
* Light Table, an editor for Clojure and other programming languages
* The Heroku Toolbelt, a program for putting your Clojure application on the web
* Git, a program for managing your program's code, which is included in the Heroku Toolbelt
* An Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client

And you will have:

* Created a ````ssh```` key (the public part of which will be uploaded to github and heroku)
* Copied the example chat application with ````git clone````
* Pushed your copy of the chat application to heroku
* Joined the ````#clojure.mn```` IRC channel

## Instructions by operating system

Choose your operating system to get setup instructions:

* [OS X](setup_osx.md)
* [Windows 7](setup_win7.md)
* [Windows 8](setup_win8.md)
* [Ubuntu Linux](setup_ubuntu.md)

Alternatively you my try the new setup instructions (_experimental_):

* [ClojureBridge Setup](setup_new.md)