# How to Download, Install and Configure

## Step 1: Confirm Prerequisites

Review 

{% content-ref url="hardware-and-system-requirements" %}
[hardware-and-system-requirements](https://guide.cryosparc.com/setup-configuration-and-management/hardware-and-system-requirements)
{% endcontent-ref %}

and complete all applicable

{% content-ref url="cryosparc-installation-prerequisites" %}
[cryosparc-installation-prerequisites](https://guide.cryosparc.com/setup-configuration-and-management/cryosparc-installation-prerequisites)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Step 2: Obtain a CryoSPARC License ID

CryoSPARC is available free of charge for [non-profit academic use](https://guide.cryosparc.com/licensing). To download the software, you will need a CryoSPARC License ID, which can be requested via the form at <https://cryosparc.com/download/>.

Please contact <sales@structura.bio> for inquiries relating to for-profit or industry licensing, including academic-industry collaborations on proprietary projects and fee-for-service data processing.

{% content-ref url="how-to-download-install-and-configure/obtaining-a-license-id" %}
[obtaining-a-license-id](https://guide.cryosparc.com/setup-configuration-and-management/how-to-download-install-and-configure/obtaining-a-license-id)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Step 3: Download and Install CryoSPARC

Please see the detailed installation steps applicable to your system setup.

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[downloading-and-installing-cryosparc](https://guide.cryosparc.com/setup-configuration-and-management/how-to-download-install-and-configure/downloading-and-installing-cryosparc)
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