Introduction
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This is the documentation for the ownCloud Sync Client, also referred to as
the ownCloud Client.

The ownCloud Sync Client is a desktop program you install on your computer.
Specify one ore more directories on the local machine to sync your ownCloud
server, and always have your latest files wherever you are. Make a change to the
files on one computer, it will flow across the others using these desktop sync
clients.

ownCloud Client is available for Windows, Mac OS X and various Linux
distributions. See below for details on how to obtain the Client.

Obtaining the Client
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The latest version of the ownCloud Client can be obtained at
http://owncloud.org/sync-clients/.

ownCloud client for **Windows** is provided as a NSIS-based setup file for
machine-wide install. Installing the ownCloud client on **Mac OS** follows
the normal app bundle installation pattern:

1. Download the installation file: Click ``ownCloud-x.y.z.dmg``, a window with
   the ownCloud icon opens.
2. In that window, drag the ownCloud application into the ``Applications``
   folder.
3. On the right hand side From ``Applications``, choose ``ownCloud``.

The ownCloud Client is also provided as in a convenient repository for a wide
range of popular **Linux distributions**. If you want to build the sources
instead.

Supported distributions are Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu and Debian.
To support other distributions, a is required, see :ref:`building-label`