# Install Regen
The following instructions are for building the regen
binary from source, also available at Install Regen alongside general information about the regen
binary.
A significant difference here is that the genesis binary is used for each chain because a validator node needs to start from genesis (unless Using State Sync).
The following instructions also assume that you have already completed Initial Setup.
# Installation
Clone the regen-ledger
repository:
git clone https://github.com/regen-network/regen-ledger
Change to the regen-ledger
directory:
cd regen-ledger
Check out the genesis version:
git checkout v1.0.0
Build and install the regen
binary:
make install
Check to make sure the installation was successful:
regen version
You should see the following:
v1.0.0