# How to install prefetch

To install the prefetch tool, you need to install the NCBI SRA 
Toolkit. Prefetch is a part of this toolkit and is used to download
data from the Sequence Read Archive (SRA). The installation process
varies depending on your operating system. 

### Documentation:
The best way to install the NCBI SRA Toolkit is to follow the official instructions:

[Official NCBI SRA Toolkit Installation Guide](https://github.com/ncbi/sra-tools/wiki/01.-Downloading-SRA-Toolkit)