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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 appears to be planning to ship 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.

## 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_0.26.orig.tar.gz)
is also available, and has these checksums:

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