# Installing Fritzing

Please make sure your system satisfies one of these requirements:
Windows 10, 64 Bit
Windows 7 was reported to work, too
Mac - OSX 10.14 and up, though 10.13 might work too. MacOS 10.15 is currently untested.
Linux - a fairly recent linux distro with libc >= 2.6

Start downloading the Fritzing package that's right for you.
Unzip your Fritzing folder somewhere convenient on your hard drive.
This may also be a good time for you to create a shortcut to the Fritzing application.
A free unzipping program can be found here, should you need it.

## Notes on Windows

On Windows, unzipping Fritzing might be much slower than the download itself. We recommend
using 7zip.

To start Fritzing on Windows: Wait until unzipping is finished. Then open the destination folder and double-click fritzing.exe

## Notes on Linux
To start Fritzing double-click Fritzing, or try ./Fritzing in your shell window

Fritzing uses the Qt5 libraries. On Ubuntu, they can be installed like this:

"sudo apt install libqt5printsupport5 libqt5xml5 libqt5sql5 libqt5serialport5 libqt5sql5-sqlite".

## Notes on macOS
To start Fritzing on macOS double-click the Fritzing application

Recent versions of macOS do not allow "unverified" software to be launched directly. In order to run Fritzing, you will need to either:

1a. right-click the Fritzing icon and select "Open"
2a. in the warning dialog, click "Open"
or, to get rid of the warning permanently:
1b. go to the System Preferences
2b. open the Security & Privacy page
3b. unlock it by clicking the lock in the lower left corner
4b. set it to allow app downloads from anywhere