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Installing PDI

In order to work with PDI, you need to install the software.

The only prerequisite to install the tool is to have JRE 8.0 installed. If you don't have it, download it from www.javasoft.com and install it before proceeding.

Following are the instructions to install the PDI software, irrespective of the operating system you may be using:

Go to the Download page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pentaho/files/Data Integration.

Choose the newest stable release. At this time, it is 8.0, as shown in the following screenshot:

PDI on SourceForge.net

Download the available zip file, which will serve you for all platforms.

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