# How to install kolibri-server (pre-release) on Debian

**URL:** <https://community.learningequality.org/t/how-to-install-kolibri-server-pre-release-on-debian/1175>\
**Category:** Kolibri\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/how-to-install-kolibri-server-pre-release-on-debian/1175 "2019-05-22T09:52:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![matsakelarsson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@matsakelarsson](https://community.learningequality.org/u/matsakelarsson)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/how-to-install-kolibri-server-pre-release-on-debian/1175/1 "2019-05-22T09:52:15Z")

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## Summary

Different ways to install kolibri on Ubuntu and Debian, but only one way to install kolibri-server (pre-release), which resemble the Ubuntu installation. To install kolibri-server on Debian, I’m guessing I somehow need to point to the Launchpad PPA?

## Technical details

- Kolibri version: Latest
- Operating system: Debian Strech Raspian Desktop

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**Author:** ![jredrejo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/jredrejo/32/561_2.png) [@jredrejo](https://community.learningequality.org/u/jredrejo)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/how-to-install-kolibri-server-pre-release-on-debian/1175/2 "2019-05-22T10:45:47Z")

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hi @matsakelarsson

there’s no difference on the way to install it in Debian or Ubuntu, you can either install the ppa or just adding manually the repo to a sources.list file. [Read the `kolibri-server` install instructions here.](https://kolibri.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/ubuntu-debian.html#higher-performance-with-the-kolibri-server-package)

Beware the repo is still `kolibri-proposed`, not `kolibri` as those instructions explain. kolibri-server has not been moved to the main kolibri repo yet.  
I.e.

```auto
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/learningequality/ **kolibri-server** /ubuntu cosmic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/learningequality-ubuntu-kolibri-cosmic.list

```

is the command to execute.

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**Author:** ![devon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.learningequality.org/devon/32/481_2.png) [@devon](https://community.learningequality.org/u/devon)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.learningequality.org/t/how-to-install-kolibri-server-pre-release-on-debian/1175/3 "2019-05-22T14:13:35Z")

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> [@matsakelarsson](#):
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> Different ways to install kolibri

One additional note is that Kolibri does have some additional stand-alone installation methods on linux including downloading a `.deb` file, downloading a `.pex` file, or installing with `pip install`. These are not available for the `kolibri-server` package because it has dependencies on other Debian packages.