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:

Direct download
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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>
```

Bower
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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>
```

npm
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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>
```

jsdelivr CDN
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Add this to your `index.html`:

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

Node.js
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Run this on the command line:

```
$ npm install pouchdb
```

Then in your JavaScript:

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

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