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.. _ch-install-download:

Step 6 - Download and Install
-----------------------------

SavaPage is supplied as a self-extracting and self-installing
archive for ``amd64`` systems. The installation must be performed 
as the newly created ``savapage`` user in the ``/opt/savapage`` directory. 
Some parts of the installation need to be executed as
``root``. When you choose to do so during the main install, please have
the ``root`` password or ``sudo`` password handy. You can also choose to
execute the ``root`` tasks *after* the main install. In that case you
can simply ``sudo`` execute a post-install script. For more detail about
the install process please see :ref:`SavaPage on GNU/Linux <ch-install-on-linux>`.

Change to the newly created ``savapage`` user, download and execute the
installer in ``/opt/savapage``, and follow the instructions.

.. callout::

    .. code-block:: bash
       :caption: Install instructions

        sudo su savapage
        cd /opt/savapage
        rm ./savapage-setup-*-linux-*.bin   # <1>
        wget URL                            # <2>
        sh ./savapage-setup-*-linux-*.bin   # <3> 

    .. annotations::
        :1: Remove old downloads, if any, first, to prevent that a new download gets ``.bin.1`` suffix. 
        :2: Use the URL from the `SavaPage Wiki <https://wiki.savapage.org>`__ download section. 
        :3: For example ``savapage-setup-2.0.0-rc-linux-x64.bin``


The installation process will take between one and two minutes depending
on the speed of the system. A system restart is not required. When
installing on a *live* production system, administrators are advised to
choose a period of low activity - for example, not during backup
operations or other administration activities.