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Ubuntu Installation
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Add repository
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The latest packages for Ubuntu are published in the saltstack PPA. If you have
the ``add-apt-repository`` utility, you can add the repository and import the
key in one step:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saltstack/salt

In addition to the main repository, there are secondary repositories for each
individual major release. These repositories receive security and point releases
but will not upgrade to any subsequent major release.  There are currently four
available repos: salt16, salt17, salt2014-1, salt2014-7. For example to follow
2014.7.x releases:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saltstack/salt2014-7

.. admonition:: add-apt-repository: command not found?

    The ``add-apt-repository`` command is not always present on Ubuntu systems.
    This can be fixed by installing `python-software-properties`:

    .. code-block:: bash

        sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

    The following may be required as well:

    .. code-block:: bash

        sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

    Note that since Ubuntu 12.10 (Raring Ringtail), ``add-apt-repository`` is
    found in the `software-properties-common` package, and is part of the base
    install. Thus, ``add-apt-repository`` should be able to be used
    out-of-the-box to add the PPA.

Alternately, manually add the repository and import the PPA key with these
commands:

.. code-block:: bash

    echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/saltstack/salt/ubuntu `lsb_release -sc` main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list
    wget -q -O- "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x4759FA960E27C0A6" | sudo apt-key add -

After adding the repository, update the package management database:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get update


Install packages
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Install the Salt master, minion, or syndic from the repository with the apt-get
command. These examples each install one daemon, but more than one package name
may be given at a time:

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-master

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-minion

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-syndic

Some core components are packaged separately in the Ubuntu repositories.  These should be installed as well: salt-cloud, salt-ssh, salt-api

.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-cloud
    
.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-ssh
    
.. code-block:: bash

    sudo apt-get install salt-api

.. _ubuntu-config:


ZeroMQ 4
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ZeroMQ 4 is available by default for Ubuntu 14.04 and newer. However, for Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, starting with Salt version ``2014.7.5``, ZeroMQ 4 is included with the
Salt installation package and nothing additional needs to be done.


Post-installation tasks
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Now go to the :doc:`Configuring Salt</ref/configuration/index>` page.