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 Up-to-date installation instructions can be found in the [installation chapter of the book](https://book.nushell.sh/en/installation).  **Windows users**: please note that Nu works on Windows 10 and does not currently have Windows 7 support.
 
-To build Nu, you will need to use the **nightly** version of the compiler.
+To build Nu, you will need to use the **beta** version of the compiler.
 
 Required dependencies: