{"id":543,"date":"2025-09-10T21:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protolinker.com\/docs\/protolinker-guide\/how-to-install-2\/on-linux\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T22:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:59:57","password":"","slug":"on-linux","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/protolinker.com\/en\/documentation\/on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"On Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\">To install protolinker on your Linux device, you need to first go to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/protolinker.com\/downloads\/\">downloads<\/a>&nbsp;page and download the deb file to install it. Select your system architecture and download the file.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/protolinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protolinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png 1008w, https:\/\/protolinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/protolinker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-768x392.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\">Open the terminal on the folder you downloaded it and run the command to make the .deb an executable.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\"><strong><em>Replace the arch by your system architecture<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><div class=\"copy-to-clipboard\">\n<span>Copied!<\/span><button class=\"click-to-copy-button\" title=\"Copy to clipboard\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" stroke=\"currentcolor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" fill=\"none\">\n  <path d=\"M12.9975 10.7499L11.7475 10.7499C10.6429 10.7499 9.74747 11.6453 9.74747 12.7499L9.74747 21.2499C9.74747 22.3544 10.6429 23.2499 11.7475 23.2499L20.2475 23.2499C21.352 23.2499 22.2475 22.3544 22.2475 21.2499L22.2475 12.7499C22.2475 11.6453 21.352 10.7499 20.2475 10.7499L18.9975 10.7499Z\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M17.9975 12.2499L13.9975 12.2499C13.4452 12.2499 12.9975 11.8022 12.9975 11.2499L12.9975 9.74988C12.9975 9.19759 13.4452 8.74988 13.9975 8.74988L17.9975 8.74988C18.5498 8.74988 18.9975 9.19759 18.9975 9.74988L18.9975 11.2499C18.9975 11.8022 18.5498 12.2499 17.9975 12.2499Z\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M13.7475 16.2499L18.2475 16.2499\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M13.7475 19.2499L18.2475 19.2499\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/button><textarea>chmod +x protolinker-linux-arch-latest.deb<\/textarea>\n<\/div><code>chmod +x protolinker-linux-arch-latest.deb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\">Then you can use the dpkg package to install the protolinker into your system with the following command.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><div class=\"copy-to-clipboard\">\n<span>Copied!<\/span><button class=\"click-to-copy-button\" title=\"Copy to clipboard\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" stroke=\"currentcolor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" fill=\"none\">\n  <path d=\"M12.9975 10.7499L11.7475 10.7499C10.6429 10.7499 9.74747 11.6453 9.74747 12.7499L9.74747 21.2499C9.74747 22.3544 10.6429 23.2499 11.7475 23.2499L20.2475 23.2499C21.352 23.2499 22.2475 22.3544 22.2475 21.2499L22.2475 12.7499C22.2475 11.6453 21.352 10.7499 20.2475 10.7499L18.9975 10.7499Z\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M17.9975 12.2499L13.9975 12.2499C13.4452 12.2499 12.9975 11.8022 12.9975 11.2499L12.9975 9.74988C12.9975 9.19759 13.4452 8.74988 13.9975 8.74988L17.9975 8.74988C18.5498 8.74988 18.9975 9.19759 18.9975 9.74988L18.9975 11.2499C18.9975 11.8022 18.5498 12.2499 17.9975 12.2499Z\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M13.7475 16.2499L18.2475 16.2499\"><\/path>\n  <path d=\"M13.7475 19.2499L18.2475 19.2499\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/button><textarea>sudo dpkg -i protolinker-linux-arch-latest.deb<\/textarea>\n<\/div><code>sudo dpkg -i protolinker-linux-arch-latest.deb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\">It may happen of your system be missing some of the dependencies necessaries to run the protolinker, if that is the case they will be listed when you try to install using dpkg, to fix the dependencies you just need to run this command that will update will package manager and install the necessary dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><div 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d=\"M13.7475 19.2499L18.2475 19.2499\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/button><textarea>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install -f<\/textarea>\n<\/div><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install -f<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \" style=\"\">With that fixed you can run again the command to install the protolinker using the dpkg.<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><div class=\"copy-to-clipboard\">\n<span>Copied!<\/span><button class=\"click-to-copy-button\" title=\"Copy to clipboard\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" stroke=\"currentcolor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" fill=\"none\">\n  <path d=\"M12.9975 10.7499L11.7475 10.7499C10.6429 10.7499 9.74747 11.6453 9.74747 12.7499L9.74747 21.2499C9.74747 22.3544 10.6429 23.2499 11.7475 23.2499L20.2475 23.2499C21.352 23.2499 22.2475 22.3544 22.2475 21.2499L22.2475 12.7499C22.2475 11.6453 21.352 10.7499 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