[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":409},["ShallowReactive",2],{"docs-\u002Fdocs\u002Fdesktop\u002Finstallation-guide":3,"docs-surround-\u002Fdocs\u002Fdesktop\u002Finstallation-guide":400},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":16,"extension":392,"image":393,"meta":394,"navTitle":393,"navigation":395,"path":396,"seo":397,"stem":398,"__hash__":399},"docs\u002Fdocs\u002Fdesktop\u002Finstallation-guide.md","Installing Beam Wallet",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":379},"minimark",[9,13,17,40,43,47,52,55,62,66,69,74,78,81,86,95,163,166,173,179,182,191,198,201,255,258,262,265,272,295,300,305,312,319],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"installing-beam-wallet",[14,15,16],"p",{},"This document describes the process of installing Beam wallet on:",[18,19,20,28,34],"ul",{},[21,22,23],"li",{},[24,25,27],"a",{"href":26},"installation-guide#macos","MacOS",[21,29,30],{},[24,31,33],{"href":32},"installation-guide#linux","Linux",[21,35,36],{},[24,37,39],{"href":38},"installation-guide#windows","Windows",[14,41,42],{},"As the wallet will be continuously updated, the actual version numbers and SHA values might be different from the screenshot at the moment of reading.",[44,45,27],"h2",{"id":46},"macos",[48,49,51],"h4",{"id":50},"_1-user-license-agreement","1. 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