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* [Binary Installation on macOS](install_osx)
* [Binary Installation on Windows](install_windows)

## Server-only installation

A server-only package is available on Ubuntu for headless and CI environments.
It installs the Gazebo server without GUI components, avoiding Qt and extra X11
dependencies to provide a much lighter installation.

* [Server-only Installation on Ubuntu](install_ubuntu.md#server-only-installation)

## Source Installation instructions

Source installation is recommended for users planning on altering Gazebo's source code (advanced).
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Head back to the [Getting started](getstarted)
page to start using Gazebo!

(server-only-installation)=
## Server-only installation

For headless and CI environments where the GUI is not needed, the
`gz-sim10-server` package provides a lightweight alternative. It installs only
the Gazebo simulation server (`gz-sim-server`) without any GUI or Qt
dependencies, resulting in a significantly smaller installation footprint.

After configuring the repository (same as above), install the server-only
package:

```bash
sudo apt-get install gz-sim10-server
```

The server-only package includes the DART physics engine and the core
simulation server plugins. To start a headless simulation:

```bash
/usr/libexec/gz/sim10/gz-sim-server <world_file.sdf>
```

:::{note}
The server-only binary is installed at `/usr/libexec/gz/sim10/gz-sim-server`,
which is not in the `PATH` by default. The regular `gz sim -s` command is not
available in the server-only installation since it requires the full
`gz-sim10-cli` package.
:::

## Uninstalling binary install

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