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User guide
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.. highlight:: bash

This guide provides

* material introducing |Gromacs|
* practical advice for making effective use of |Gromacs|.

For getting, building and installing |Gromacs|, see the
:doc:`/install-guide/index`.
For background on algorithms and implementations, see the
`reference manual`_.

.. _reference manual: gmx-manual-parent-dir_

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   getting-started
   cutoff-schemes
   mdrun-features
   mdrun-performance
   mdp-options
   file-formats
   cmdline
   environment-variables
