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# Building From the Source

If you have installed Pchain client, just skip this.

Building Pchain requires both a Go (version 1.10 or later) and a C compiler. You can install them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run

```
git clone -b pre_mainnet https://github.com/pchain-org/pchain.git
cd pchain
make pchain
```

After running the command above, you will find the Pchain client in directory `~/pchain/bin`

```
./bin/pchain --help
```

If you want to know more about our Command-line options, please consult our [CLI Wiki page](/plian/master/using-the-blockchain/advanced-features/command-line-options.md)

#### Please Check Your Pchain Client Version (Latest:1.3.6)

```
$ pchain version
//1.3.6
```


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