# Install prebuild binary

> **CRITICAL NOTICE:** Version 0.4.0 is required for snasphots, state sync
>
> Snapshots, state sync are no compatible with this version Please proceed with version from [Migration to v0.4.0 guide](https://docs.empe.io/empe-blockchain/overview/migration-to-v0.4.0).

The emped binary serves as the node client and the application client. In other words, the emped binary can be used to both run a node and interact with it.

### Pre-Built Package <a href="#pre-built-package" id="pre-built-package"></a>

#### For Linux Distributions <a href="#for-linux-distributions" id="for-linux-distributions"></a>

Download the tar.gz file:

```
curl -LO https://github.com/empe-io/empe-chain-releases/raw/master/v0.1.0/emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz
```

Verify the checksum:

```
sha256sum emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz
```

You should see the following:

```
5353de7004bbacc516d6fc89d7bbcbde251fbba8c4bdccb2a58f8376e47ab753  emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz
```

Unpack the tar.gz file:

```
tar -xvf emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz 

```

Move the binary to your local bin directory and make it executable:

```
mkdir -p ~/go/bin
sudo mv emped ~/go/bin
chmod u+x ~/go/bin/emped 
```

Open a new terminal window and check if the installation was successful:

```
emped version

```

You should see the following:

```
v0.1.0

```