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title: Debian Install
description: How to install `veilid-server` and `veilid-cli` on Debian based systems
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### Step 1

Get the keys for package repo

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  <input aria-label="Get Keys" type="text" readonly value="wget -O- https://packages.veilid.net/gpg/veilid-packages-key.public | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg">
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### Step 2

Add the repo to apt

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  <input aria-label="Add Keys" type="text" readonly value='echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veilid-packages-keyring.gpg] https://packages.veilid.net/apt stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veilid.list'>
  <button class="btn btn-secondary"><span>Copy</span></button>
</div>

### Step 3

Update your system

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  <input aria-label="Run Updates" type="text" readonly value="apt update">
  <button class="btn btn-secondary"><span>Copy</span></button>
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### Step 4

Install `veilid-server` and `veilid-cli`

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  <input aria-label="Install the headless and command line utilities" type="text" readonly value="apt install veilid-server veilid-cli">
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### Step 5

Start `veilid-server.service` manually

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  <input aria-label="Install the headless and command line utilities" type="text" readonly value="sudo systemctl start veilid-server.service">
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### Step 6

Set up `veilid-server.service` to start at boot

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  <input aria-label="Install the headless and command line utilities" type="text" readonly value="sudo systemctl enable --now veilid-server.service">
  <button class="btn btn-secondary"><span>Copy</span></button>
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