+[monkeysphere is available in the Debian archive](http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=monkeysphere&searchon=names§ion=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)
+
+To get started using the Monkeysphere for website validation, you will
+need to install the Monkeysphere Validation Agent. Currently the perl
+version of the agent is available in Debian sid, or directly from our
+APT repository (see below):
+
+ aptitude install msva-perl
+
+## Debian derivatives (including Ubuntu) ##