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## Download Spark&trade;

The latest release of Spark is Spark 1.6.0, released on January 4, 2016
<a href="{{site.url}}releases/spark-release-1-6-0.html">(release notes)</a>
<a href="https://github.com/apache/spark/releases/tag/v1.6.0">(git tag)</a><br/>

1. Choose a Spark release:
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2. Choose a package type:
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3. Choose a download type:
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4. Download Spark: <span id="spanDownloadLink"></span>

5. Verify this release using the <span id="sparkDownloadVerify"></span>.

_Note: Scala 2.11 users should download the Spark source package and build
[with Scala 2.11 support](http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/building-spark.html#building-for-scala-211)._

### Link with Spark
Spark artifacts are [hosted in Maven Central](http://search.maven.org/#browse%7C1686516968). You can add a Maven dependency with the following coordinates:

    groupId: org.apache.spark
    artifactId: spark-core_2.10
    version: 1.6.0

### Spark Source Code Management
If you are interested in working with the newest under-development code or contributing to Spark development, you can also check out the master branch from Git:

    # Master development branch
    git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git

    # 1.6 maintenance branch with stability fixes on top of Spark 1.6.0
    git clone git://github.com/apache/spark.git -b branch-1.6

Once you've downloaded Spark, you can find instructions for installing and building it on the <a href="{{site.url}}documentation.html">documentation page</a>.

### Nightly Packages and Artifacts

For developers, Spark maintains nightly builds and SNAPSHOT artifacts. More information is available on the [Spark developer Wiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Useful+Developer+Tools#UsefulDeveloperTools-NightlyBuilds).

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