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<p class="intro">
  <strong>Thank you for trying out Minetest.</strong><br>
  Are you a new user?<br>
  Have a look at our <a href="//wiki.minetest.net/Getting_Started">Getting Started</a>, <a href="//wiki.minetest.net/FAQ">FAQ</a> and <a href="//wiki.minetest.net/Tutorials">Tutorials</a> pages on our wiki.
</p>

<p class="intro">
  You may also want to look at some <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewforum.php?f=15">subgames</a>. Subgames form a foundation for the game using Lua scripts. Different subgames have different objectives, such as survival, building or Player vs Player.
  Usually Minetest comes with <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game">Minetest Game</a>, to supply the default items and blocks. You can then add <a href="http://minetest.net/customize/#mods">mods</a> on top of a subgame in order to customize your experience further.
</p>

<p class="intro">
  <a href="http://dev.minetest.net/Changelog#0.4.15_.E2.86.92_0.4.16">Changelog from 0.4.15 to 0.4.16</a>
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<h2>Windows</h2>

<p>Works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases/download/0.4.16/minetest-0.4.16-win64.zip">Minetest 0.4.16 (portable, 64-bit)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases/download/0.4.16/minetest-0.4.16-win32-msvc.zip">Minetest 0.4.16 (portable, 32-bit <small>MSVC</small>)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases/download/0.4.16/minetest-0.4.16-win32-mingw.zip">Minetest 0.4.16 (portable, 32-bit <small>MinGW</small>)</a></li>
</ul>

<h4>Others</h4>

<p>
  <a href="//wiki.minetest.net/Getting_Started#Windows">Help on getting Minetest for Windows</a>
</p>

<h4>Unofficial builds</h4>

<p>Get the latest development version of Minetest from <a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewforum.php?f=42">builds made by community members</a>. These builds are more recent than the officially released builds and contain new features (at the cost of stability).</p>

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<h2>OS X</h2>

<p>OS X 10.10 or later is recommended.</p>

<ul>
  <li>Use <a href="http://brew.sh/">Homebrew</a> to get stable version <code>brew install minetest</code></li>
  <li><a href="https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=9190">Daily unstable builds</a></li>
</ul>

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<h2>GNU/Linux</h2>

<h4>Packages (stable)</h4>

<p>Those may be out of date at times. If they are too out of date, you can build from source.</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=minetest">Debian</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=minetest">Ubuntu</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/ubuntu/stable">Ubuntu / Linux Mint (PPA)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/minetest">Fedora</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://software.opensuse.org/package/minetest">openSUSE</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://madb.mageia.org/package/show/name/minetest">Mageia</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=minetest">Arch Linux</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://packages.gentoo.org/package/games-action/minetest">Gentoo</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/voidlinux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/minetest">VoidLinux</a></li>
</ul>

<h4>Packages (daily, unstable)</h4>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/minetest-git-leveldb/">Arch Linux <strong>(daily, unstable)</strong></a></li>
  <li><a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~minetestdevs/+archive/daily-builds/+packages">Ubuntu / Linux Mint <strong>(daily, unstable)</strong></a></li>
</ul>

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<h2>Android</h2>

<p>Android 4.0 or later is recommended.</p>

<p>
  <strong>Android versions of Minetest are still in development and may have bugs.</strong>
</p>

<p>
  <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases/download/0.4.16/Minetest-0.4.16.apk">Minetest-0.4.16.apk</a> (works on most devices)<br>
  You can also install it easily from the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.minetest.minetest">Google Play Store</a> or from <a href="https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=net.minetest.minetest">F-Droid</a>.
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> Please do not download unofficial Minetest builds from the Google Play app store. The builds found there may contain excessive adverts or spyware. They may be distributed under proprietary terms, without the source code, which makes them illegal to develop. They may be old or unsupported.</p>

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<h2>FreeBSD</h2>

<p>There is a FreeBSD port.</p>

<p>You can compile <code>minetest</code> and <code>minetest_game</code> from sources or use <code>pkg</code> (on FreeBSD 9.1 and newer).</p>

<h4>Compilation method</h4>

<p>You can compile minetest and choose easily minetest options using the FreeBSD port dialogs.</p>

<pre>
  cd /usr/ports/games/minetest
  make install
  cd /usr/ports/games/minetest_game
  make install
</pre>

<h4>Package method</h4>

<p>FreeBSD official packages have their own pre-built packages: <code>pkg install minetest minetest_game</code></p>

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<h2>Source code</h2>

<p>Get the latest <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/tree/stable-0.4">stable</a>
or <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest">development</a> source code from
<a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest">GitHub</a>.<br>
You will probably want <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest_game">minetest_game</a> as well.
Put the game in your games directory.</p>

<p>See <a href="https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/README.md">README.md</a> for details on how to compile.</p>