.. _inspire_installing:

Installing the INSPIRE extension
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#. Visit the :website:`website download <download>` page, locate your release, and download:  :download_extension:`inspire`
   
   Verify that the version number in the filename (for example |release| above) corresponds to the version of GeoServer you are running.

#. Extract the archive and copy the contents into the GeoSever :file:`WEB-INF/lib` directory.

#. Restart GeoServer.

To verify that the extension was installed successfully, please see the next section on :ref:`inspire_using`.