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description: 'How to install, and render two nodes with a Hello World link.'
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# Getting Started

## Installation

The first thing you need to do, is grab the distribution files on NPM. You can do this either using **yarn** or **npm.**

**Via yarn:**

```text
yarn add @projectstorm/react-diagrams@next
```

**Via npm:**

```text
npm install @projectstorm/react-diagrams@next
```

When you run this in your project directory, this will install the library into `./node_modules/@projectstorm/react-diagrams`. You will then find a **dist** folder that contains all the minified and production ready code.

### Install the peer dependencies

The library includes it's dependencies as peer-dependencies, so yarn will output warnings letting you know which ones are missing. Simple install them, specifically these ones:

```text
yarn add closest lodash react mathjs dagre pathfinding paths-js
```

We do this, so that you can better control the versions of these libraries yourself since you might make use of `Lodash` in other parts of your software.