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# 1.2. Installation

## 1.2.1. System Requirements

IPTraf-ng requires:

### 1.2.1.1. Hardware Requirements

- 16 megabytes of physical RAM (more recommended, at least 64 MB for very busy networks)

- 2 megabytes of free disk space for installation (more will be needed if you log high amounts of traffic over time)

- Pentium-class processor or higher (Pentium-II 200 MHz or higher recommended) or equivalent.

- One or more of the supported network interfaces.

### 1.2.1.2. Operating System Requirements

- Linux kernel 2.2.0 or higher

- GNU C Library 2.1 or later

- ncurses 4.2 or later with the complete terminfo database in `/usr/share/terminfo`. Support for `linux`, `vt100`, `xterm`, `xterm-color` recommended.

### 1.2.1.3. Compilation Requirements

The following components are required when compiling IPTraf-ng from the source code.

- gcc 2.7.2.3 or later

- GNU C (glibc) development library 2.1 or later

- ncurses development libraries 4.2 or later

- git

## 1.2.2. Availability

IPTraf-ng is available in binary form from many Linux Distributions including Red Hat RHEL, Centos, Fedora, and Ubuntu.

IPTraf-ng git source repository can be cloned from from:

https://git.fedorahosted.org/git/iptraf-ng.git

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