--- title: Vaadin Installation Package order: 900 layout: page --- [[getting-started.package]] = 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 http://vaadin.com/download/. Please use a ZIP decompression utility available in your operating system to extract the files from the ZIP package. [[getting-started.package.contents]] == Package Contents [filename]#README.TXT#:: This README file gives simple instructions for installing Vaadin in your project. [filename]#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. [filename]#license.html#:: Apache License version 2.0. Please open the HTML file with a web browser. [filename]#lib# folder:: All dependency libraries required by Vaadin are contained within the [filename]#lib# folder. [filename]#*.jar#:: Vaadin libraries, as described in <>. [[getting-started.package.install]] == Installing the Libraries You can install the Vaadin ZIP package in a few simple steps: . Copy the JAR files at the package root folder to the [filename]#WEB-APP/lib# web library folder in the project. Some of the libraries are optional, as explained in <>. . Also copy the dependency JAR files at the [filename]#lib# folder to the [filename]#WEB-APP/lib# web library folder in the project. The location of the [filename]#WEB-APP/lib# folder depends on the project organization, which depends on the development environment. * In Eclipse Dynamic Web Application projects: [filename]#WebContent/WEB-INF/lib#. * In Maven projects: [filename]#src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/lib#.