title: Zettelstore installation for the intermediate user role: manual tags: #installation #manual #zettelstore syntax: zmk You already tried the Zettelstore software and now you want to use it permanently. Zettelstore should start automatically when you log into your computer. * Grab the appropriate executable and copy it into the appropriate directory * If you want to place your zettel into another directory, or if you want more than one [[Zettelstore box|00001004011200]], or if you want to [[enable authentication|00001010040100]], or if you want to tweak your Zettelstore in some other way, create an appropriate [[startup configuration file|00001004010000]]. * If you created a startup configuration file, you need to test it: ** Start a command line prompt for your operating system. ** Navigate to the directory, where you placed the Zettelstore executable. In most cases, this is done by the command ``cd DIR``, where ''DIR'' denotes the directory, where you placed the executable. ** Start the Zettelstore: *** On Windows execute the command ``zettelstore.exe run -c CONFIG_FILE`` *** On macOS execute the command ``./zettelstore run -c CONFIG_FILE`` *** On Linux execute the command ``./zettelstore run -c CONFIG_FILE`` ** In all cases ''CONFIG_FILE'' must be substituted by file name where you wrote the startup configuration. ** If you encounter some error messages, update the startup configuration, and try again. * Depending on your operating system, there are different ways to register Zettelstore to start automatically: ** [[Windows|00001003305000]] ** [[macOS|00001003310000]] ** [[Linux|00001003315000]]