docs/guides/setup-pouchdb.md

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title: Setting up PouchDB
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Installing PouchDB is easy. There are a few different ways to do it:

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Download the latest **pouchdb-{{site.version}}.min.js** from the big green button above. Then in your `index.html`:

```html
<script src="pouchdb-{{site.version}}.min.js"></script>
```

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Run this on the command line:

```
$ bower install pouchdb
```

Then in your `index.html`:

```html
<script src="bower_components/pouchdb/dist/pouchdb.min.js"></script>
```

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Run this on the command line:

```
$ npm install pouchdb
```

Then in your `index.html`:

```html
<script src="node_modules/pouchdb/dist/pouchdb.min.js"></script>
```

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Add this to your `index.html`:

```html
<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pouchdb@{{site.version}}/dist/pouchdb.min.js"></script>
```

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Run this on the command line:

```
$ npm install pouchdb
```

Then in your JavaScript:

```js
const PouchDB = require('pouchdb');
```

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Run this on the command line:

```
$ npm install pouchdb @types/pouchdb
```

In your `tsconfig.json` activate `allowSyntheticDefaultImports`:

```json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
  }
}
```

Then in your TypeScript:

```typescript
import PouchDB from 'pouchdb';
```

You can install a plugin (provided there is a [type definition for it in npm](https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=scope:types%20pouchdb)), import it in the same way and then pass the imported name to `PouchDB.plugin()` method just as you would do in JavaScript.

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Now that you have PouchDB installed, let's start working with databases.