Main > Reference Manual > Download and install > Installing on Linux, Unix and Cygwin > Build instructions > Build instructions for Debian-based linux systems

Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix,... are all linux distribution based on debian. The same set of instructions applies to build the frePPLe package.

  • Install the packages required for the build. This steps requires root privileges.
    apt-get build-dep frepple
  • Download the source package and build the package.
    apt-get -b source frepple
  • The previous step produces a binary installation file that can now be installed. This steps requires root privileges.
    dpkg -i frepple*.deb