.. _user guide:

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User guide
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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
:ref:`reference manual part <gmx-reference-manual-rst>` of the documentation.
If you have questions not answered by these resources, 
please visit the |Gromacs| `user discussion forum`_
and search for a potential answer or ask a question from the community.

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.. todo::

   This is going to require more organization now that
   we are getting more content available.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   known-issues
   getting-started
   system-preparation
   managing-simulations
   faq
   force-fields
   mdp-options
   mdrun-features
   mdrun-performance
   run-time-errors
   cmdline
   terminology
   validation
   environment-variables
   floating-point
   security
   deprecation-policy
