[#install-linuxpackage]
= Generic .deb based Linux

Running OliveTin as a systemd service on a Linux machine means it can use any program installed on your machine (you don't have to add programs to a container). This is generally easier to use than a container, but containers can work just fine too with a bit more effort.

There are .deb packages published for OliveTin on each release page. If you distribution is not linked in this installation guide, and you use a .deb based Linux distribution, this package should work. 

* link:https://github.com/jamesread/OliveTin/releases[downloads page].

You can install these packages for .deb like this;

[source,bash]
....
user@host: wget https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/releases/latest/download/OliveTin_linux_amd64.deb
user@host: dpkg -i OliveTin_linux_amd64.deb
....

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