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On any host where you install Arvados software, you'll need to add the Arvados package repository.  They're available for several popular distributions.

* "AlmaLinux, CentOS, RHEL, and Rocky Linux":#redhat
* "Debian and Ubuntu":#debian

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h3(#redhat). AlmaLinux, CentOS, RHEL, and Rocky Linux

Packages are available for the following Red Hat-based distributions:

* AlmaLinux 8
* CentOS 7
* CentOS 8
* RHEL 8
* Rocky Linux 8

To install them with dnf or yum, save this configuration block in @/etc/yum.repos.d/arvados.repo@:

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<pre><code>[arvados]
name=Arvados
baseurl=http://rpm.arvados.org/CentOS/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://rpm.arvados.org/CentOS/RPM-GPG-KEY-arvados
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{% include 'gpg_key_fingerprint' %}

h3(#debian). Debian and Ubuntu

Packages are available for recent versions of Debian and Ubuntu.

First, register the Arvados signing key in apt's database:

{% include 'install_debian_key' %}

{% include 'gpg_key_fingerprint' %}

As root, add the Arvados package repository to your sources.  This command depends on your OS vendor and version:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. OS version|_. Command|
|Debian 11 ("bullseye")|<notextile><code><span class="userinput">echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/bullseye bullseye main" &#x7c; tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list</span></code></notextile>|
|Debian 10 ("buster")|<notextile><code><span class="userinput">echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/buster buster main" &#x7c; tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list</span></code></notextile>|
|Ubuntu 20.04 ("focal")[1]|<notextile><code><span class="userinput">echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/focal focal main" &#x7c; tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list</span></code></notextile>|
|Ubuntu 18.04 ("bionic")[1]|<notextile><code><span class="userinput">echo "deb http://apt.arvados.org/bionic bionic main" &#x7c; tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arvados.list</span></code></notextile>|


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fn1. Arvados packages for Ubuntu may depend on third-party packages in Ubuntu's "universe" repository.  If you're installing on Ubuntu, make sure you have the universe sources uncommented in @/etc/apt/sources.list@.

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Retrieve the package list:

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<pre><code># <span class="userinput">apt-get update</span>
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