# How to install PhantomJS on Ubuntu

Version: `1.9.8`

Platform: `x86_64`

First, install or update to the latest system software.

	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install build-essential chrpath libssl-dev libxft-dev
	
Install these packages needed by PhantomJS to work correctly.

	sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
	sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1 libfontconfig1-dev


Get it from the [PhantomJS website](http://phantomjs.org/).

	cd ~
	export PHANTOM_JS="phantomjs-1.9.8-linux-x86_64"
	wget https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2
	sudo tar xvjf $PHANTOM_JS.tar.bz2

Once downloaded, move Phantomjs folder to `/usr/local/share/` and create a symlink:

	sudo mv $PHANTOM_JS /usr/local/share
	sudo ln -sf /usr/local/share/$PHANTOM_JS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin

Now, It should have PhantomJS properly on your system.

	phantomjs --version