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+[[start]]
+== Starting and stopping
+
+This chapter describes how to start and stop the Gun application.
+
+=== Setting up
+
+Specify Gun as a dependency to your application in your favorite
+build tool.
+
+With Erlang.mk this is done by adding `gun` to the `DEPS` variable
+in your Makefile.
+
+.Adding Gun as an Erlang.mk dependency
+[source,make]
+----
+DEPS = gun
+----
+
+=== Starting
+
+Gun is an _OTP application_. It needs to be started before you can
+use it.
+
+.Starting Gun in an Erlang shell
+[source,erlang]
+----
+1> application:ensure_all_started(gun).
+{ok,[crypto,cowlib,asn1,public_key,ssl,gun]}
+----
+
+=== Stopping
+
+You can stop Gun using the `application:stop/1` function, however
+only Gun will be stopped. This is the reverse of `application:start/1`.
+The `application_ensure_all_started/1` function has no equivalent for
+stopping all applications.
+
+.Stopping Gun
+[source,erlang]
+----
+application:stop(gun).
+----