> Markdown version of [Vaadin Installation Package](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/getting-started/getting-started-package). Section index: [llms.txt](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/llms.txt)

# <a id="getting-started.package"></a>Vaadin Installation Package

While the recommended way to create a Vaadin project and install the libraries is to use an IDE plugin or a dependency management system, such as Maven, Vaadin is also available as a ZIP distribution package.

You can download the newest Vaadin installation package from the download page at <https://vaadin.com/download/>. Please use a ZIP decompression utility available in your operating system to extract the files from the ZIP package.

## <a id="getting-started.package.contents"></a>Package Contents

- README.TXT

  This README file gives simple instructions for installing Vaadin in your project.

- release-notes.html

  The Release Notes contain information about the new features in the particular release, give upgrade instructions, describe compatibility, etc. Please open the HTML file with a web browser.

- license.html

  Apache License version 2.0. Please open the HTML file with a web browser.

- lib folder

  All dependency libraries required by Vaadin are contained within the lib folder.

- \*.jar

  Vaadin libraries, as described in ["Overview of Vaadin Libraries"](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/getting-started/getting-started-libraries.md#getting-started.libraries).

## <a id="getting-started.package.install"></a>Installing the Libraries

You can install the Vaadin ZIP package in a few simple steps:

1. Copy the JAR files at the package root folder to the WEB-APP/lib web library folder in the project. Some of the libraries are optional, as explained in ["Overview of Vaadin Libraries"](https://vaadin.com/docs/v7/framework/getting-started/getting-started-libraries.md#getting-started.libraries).

2. Also copy the dependency JAR files at the lib folder to the WEB-APP/lib web library folder in the project.

The location of the WEB-APP/lib folder depends on the project organization, which depends on the development environment.

- In Eclipse Dynamic Web Application projects: WebContent/WEB-INF/lib.

- In Maven projects: src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/lib.