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Mercurial is written in Python with platform independence in mind. As a result, Mercurial is available on Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, MacOS X, OpenSolaris and others. You can either download a binary package for the system of your choice or build it from sources.

Windows users are likely to enjoy the TortoiseHg GUI the most. It integrates Mercurial directly into your explorer.

Packages for common Linux, BSD and Solaris distributions can be installed from the system specific repositories

# Debian/ubuntu
$ apt-get install mercurial

# Fedora
$ yum install mercurial

# Gentoo
$ emerge mercurial

# OpenSolaris
$ pkg install SUNWmercurial