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  1. Download the following release(1.2.0).
    1. https://github.com/ethcore/parity/releases/tag/v1.2.0

  2. Run parity.exe and you would see a command line like the one below pop up.


    1. If you intend to run parity with mist, run parity with --geth option to ensure mist compatibility.
      1. Navigate to where parity is installed on your OS.
      2. Drag parity.exe file and drop onto your command line interface and add '--geth' as shown in image below.


      3. Download and run Mist 0.7.6.


  3. Then your default browser should navigate to the following URL 'http://localhost:8080/home/, ' automatically.
     if not type in the address bar 'http://localhost:8080/home'. 


  4. Configure your proxy by following the instructions when you click 'Learn More'
    1. Chrome
      1. Navigate to settings, click 'Advanced settings', under 'Network' click change proxy settings, 
      2. Click 'LAN settings' 
      3. Select 'automatic configuration script' and copy and paste the following: http://localhost:8080/proxy/proxy.pac  into the address input box.
      4. Click Ok.

  5. Point your URL in your browser to http://home.parity/ , you should see the following image if it worked perfectly. You would notice the absence of a yellow triangle.


  6. That's it, your all set.

Run parity on Linux

Connect to network

The simple following command will start parity: $ parity . By default it will connect to other nodes on the Ethereum Homestead network and synchronize the blockchain. Since build 1.2.0, JSON-RPC and dapps server are enabled by default. You may still want to specify , as well as  the  pruning method set to fast to avoid too large archiving.

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Run $ partity --help for an exhaustive list of options.

Start parity with systemd

Edit the parity.service file

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