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Example

Manual Global Installation

For OS X and Linux:

1. Bring up Terminal, Bash, or your normal shell.

2. Type the following into Terminal/Bash:

   # Download latest stable release using the code below or browse to github.com/drush-ops/drush/releases.
   php -r "readfile('http://files.drush.org/drush.phar');" > drush
   # Or use our upcoming release: php -r "readfile('http://files.drush.org/drush-unstable.phar');" > drush
   
   # Test your install.
   php drush core-status
   
   # Make `drush` executable as a command from anywhere. Destination can be anywhere on $PATH.
   chmod +x drush
   sudo mv drush /usr/local/bin
   
   # Optional. Enrich the bash startup file with completion and aliases.
   drush init
   

For Windows:

1. Download Drush from GitHub.
2. Extract the compressed file in your desired drive, for eg.

   C:\
   

3. Install Drush, define the extracted folder path in the environment path variable which should also include the Apache, PHP and MySQL.

   C:\xampp\apache\bin;C:\xampp\mysql\bin;C:\xampp\php;C:\drush;
   

4. Verify that Drush works:

   drush status
   

Composer Global Installation

1. Install Composer globally.
2. Add Composer's bin directory to the system path by placing export PATH="$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH" into your ~/.bash_profile (OS X) or ~/.bashrc (Linux).
3. Install Drush:

   composer global require drush/drush
   

4. Verify that Drush works:

   drush status
   

More details from Drush Docs