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Installation
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Target group: **Administrators**

This extension is part of the TYPO3 Core, but not installed by default.

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Installation with Composer
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Check whether you are already using the extension with:

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    composer show | grep dashboard

This should either give you no result or something similar to:

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    typo3/cms-dashboard       v12.4.11

If it is not installed yet, use the ``composer require`` command to install
the extension:

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    composer require typo3/cms-dashboard

The given version depends on the version of the TYPO3 Core you are using.

Installation without Composer
=============================

In an installation without Composer, the extension is already shipped. You just have to activate it.
Head over to the extension manager and activate the extension.

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   Extension manager showing Dashboard extension