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Preferred Linux Installation Method
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Supported Distribution Packages
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Installing ownCloud on Linux from the `openSUSE Build Service`_ packages is the 
preferred method. These are maintained by ownCloud engineers, and you can use 
your package manager to keep your ownCloud server up-to-date. Ready-to-use 
packages are available at the ownCloud repository for a variety of Linux 
distributions. Follow the instructions for your distro to add the oBS 
repository, download and install the repository signing key, and install 
ownCloud. Then run the Installation Wizard to complete your installation. (see 
:doc:`installation_wizard`).

You can `still get 7.0.5
<https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=isv:ownCloud:community:7.0&package=owncloud>`_, which is the latest 7.0 version. It is recommended to use the latest stable 8.x version, but if you wish to roll back an upgrade to 8.x, or delay upgrading, use this direct link to 7.0.5.

.. note:: Please don't move the folders provided by this packages after the installation.
   This will break further updates.

If your distribution is not listed, your Linux distribution may maintain its own 
ownCloud packages, or you may prefer to install from source code (see 
:doc:`source_installation`).

.. _openSUSE Build Service: http://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=isv:ownCloud:community&package=owncloud

Additional Installation Guides and Notes
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See :doc:`selinux_configuration` for a suggested configuration for SELinux-enabled distributions such as Fedora and CentOS.

**Archlinux:** The are two packages for ownCloud: `stable version`_ in the official community repository and `development version`_ in AUR.

.. _stable version: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/owncloud
.. _development version: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38767


**PCLinuxOS:** Follow the Tutorial `ownCloud, installation and setup`_ on the PCLinuxOS web site.

.. _ownCloud, installation and setup: http://pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Owncloud,_installation_and_setup


**Debian/Ubuntu:** The package is installing an additional Apache config file to `/etc/apache2/conf.d/owncloud.conf`
which contains an `Alias` to the owncloud installation directory as well as some more needed configuration options.
