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# Downloading and Installing #

Once you've installed the packages, please see the [documentation
page](/doc) to read up on how to get started [as a regular
user](/getting-started-user) or [as a systems
administrator](/getting-started-admin).

## Dependencies ##

Monkeysphere relies on:

 * [OpenSSH](http://openssh.com/)
 * [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/)
 * [Perl](http://www.perl.org/) (including the [Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA/) and [Digest::SHA](http://search.cpan.org/dist/Digest-SHA/) modules and their dependencies)

## Debian ##

If you are running a [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) system, the
[monkeysphere is available in the Debian archive](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=monkeysphere&searchon=names&section=all&suite=all)

If you are running Debian unstable or testing install the latest monkeysphere
version as follows:

    aptitude install monkeysphere

If you are running Debian stable, you can get the monkeysphere package
from [backports.org](http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions)

## Debian derivatives (including Ubuntu) ##

You can also install the Monkeysphere directly from the Monkeysphere
APT repository.  You can add this archive to your system by putting
the following lines in `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/monkeysphere.list`:

    deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere
    deb-src http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere

The repository is currently signed by [The Monkeysphere archive
signing key](/archive-key), key id EB8AF314 (fingerprint: `2E8D D26C
53F1 197D DF40 3E61 18E6 67F1 EB8A F314`).  To cryptographically
verify the packages, you'll want to [add this key to your apt
configuration after verifying its integrity](/archive-key).

Note: Ubuntu shipped Monkeysphere 0.22 in their "Jaunty Jackalope"
release (9.04).  The Monkeysphere developers think that [Ubuntu
shipping Monkeysphere 0.22-1 is a bad
idea](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/monkeysphere/+bug/345054).
If you are an Ubuntu user, we would prefer that you install from the
APT archive above rather than run 0.22, which we no longer consider
supported.

Ubuntu users running "Karmic Koala" (9.10) or later should see version
0.26-1 or later in the standard Ubuntu universe repository, so please
use the regular Ubuntu repositories if you're running Karmic or later.

## FreeBSD ##

There is [a FreeBSD port
available](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=monkeysphere)
for the Monkeysphere, built and tested against FreeBSD 7.1.

You should be able to build and install the latest port with:

    cd /usr/ports/security/monkeysphere
    make package

Enjoy!

## Slackware ##

Silvio Rhatto has made [a SlackBuild
script](http://slack.sarava.org/slackbuilds/net/misc/monkeysphere/)
for the Monkeysphere, tested against Slackware 12.2.

This is generated by [the mkbuild system](http://simplepkg.sarava.org)
from [its .mkbuild
source](http://slack.sarava.org/mkbuilds/net/misc/monkeysphere/).

Thanks, rhatto!

## Source ##

For those that would like to download the source directly, [the source
is available](/community) via [git](http://git.or.cz/).

The [latest
tarball](http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian/pool/monkeysphere/m/monkeysphere/monkeysphere_0.28.orig.tar.gz)
is also available, and has these checksums:

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SHA1:
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SHA256:
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