Installing the quadric SDK
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The component specs herein should be used as a baseline. Contact quadric support
for help sizing a host platform to serve your performance goals.

.. note::

	Please contact sales@quadric.io to procure the SDK or to order a quadric Development Platform or Devkit.

Hardware Requirements
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We recommend a laptop, workstation or virtual machine with the following specs:

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\          Minimum                 Recommended
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OS         Linux, MacOS, Windows     Linux
CPU        2 Core                  4 core+
RAM        16GB                    16GB+
Drive type SATA Hard drive         SSD
Drive size 30GB available          30GB available+
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Software Requirements (Docker)
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The only software requirement required for the quadric SDK is Docker. You can install Docker by clicking the link below:

1. `Click here to get Docker. <https://www.docker.com/get-started>`_
2. Alternatively, install docker via cli as shown below.

.. code-block:: sh
	
	$ curl https://get.docker.com | sh

Installing or Upgrading the quadric SDK
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The quadric SDK is usually distributed to clients via tarballs (*.tar.gz). 
To install or upgrade the SDK, follow the steps below:

1. Unzip the provided tarball

.. code-block:: sh

	$ tar -xvf graphsim*.tar.gz

2. Load the SDK image provided

.. code-block:: sh

	$ docker load -i docker/*.tar
	Loaded image: quadric.io/graphsim:0.8.8

3. This completes the installation or upgrade of any SDK release.