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== Prerequisites

To run Chronicle Map, please ensure you have first installed:

* Java (1.8.0_91 or later)
* Apache Maven (3.2.3 or later)

== License

Chronicle Map is distributed under `LGPLv3`. If you want to obtain this software under a more permissive
license, please contact mailto:sales@chronicle.software.

== Maven Artifact Download

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``` xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
  <artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
  <version><!--replace with the latest version--></version>
</dependency>
```

Click here to get the http://search.maven.org/#search%7Cga%7C1%7Cg%3A%22net.openhft%22%20AND%20a%3A%22chronicle-map%22[Latest Version Number].

== Maven Snapshot Download
If you want to try out the latest pre-release code, you can download the snapshot artifact manually
from https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/openhft/chronicle-map/.

A better way, is to add the following to your `setting.xml` file to allow Maven to download snapshots:

``` xml
<repository>
    <id>Snapshot Repository</id>
    <name>Snapshot Repository</name>
    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
    <snapshots>
        <enabled>true</enabled>
    </snapshots>
</repository>
```
You can define the snapshot version in your `pom.xml`; for example:

```xml
<dependency>
  <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
  <artifactId>chronicle-map</artifactId>
  <version><!--replace with the latest snapshot version--></version>
</dependency>
```

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