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You don't need to use the CLI to work with Spring Boot but it's definitely the quickest
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way to get a Spring application off the ground.
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### Installing the CLI
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> **Note:** If you don't want to use the CLI,
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> [jump ahead to the Java example](#quick-start-java-example).
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### Installing the CLI
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You need [Java SDK v1.6](http://www.java.com) or higher to run the command line tool
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(there are even some issues with the `1.7.0_25` build of openjdk, so stick to earlier
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builds or use `1.6` for preference). You should check your current Java installation
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@@ -45,8 +46,12 @@ You can download the Spring CLI distribution from the Spring software repository
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Cutting edge [snapshot distributions](http://repo.springsource.org/snapshot/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-cli/)
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are also available.
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Once downloaded, follow the [INSTALL](spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt)
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instructions from the unpacked archive.
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Once downloaded, follow the
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[INSTALL](spring-boot-cli/src/main/content/INSTALL.txt) instructions
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from the unpacked archive. In summary: there is a `spring` script
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(`spring.bat` for Windows) in a `bin/` directory in the `.zip` file,
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or alternatively you can use `java -jar` with the `.jar` file (the
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script helps you to be sure that the classpath is set correctly).
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### OSX Homebrew installation
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If you are on a Mac and using [homebrew](http://brew.sh/), all you need to do to install
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