# Installing on Linux (Debian based distros)

Open a terminal and run the following commands 

1. Add the Oxen GPG key

```
sudo curl -so /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/oxen.gpg https://deb.oxen.io/pub.gpg
```

2\.  Add repository list 

```
echo "deb https://deb.oxen.io $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oxen.list
```

3\. Update repositories

```
sudo apt update
```

4\. Install Session 

```
sudo apt install session-desktop
```

## Updating Session 

If you want to update Session, you can run the following commands

```
sudo apt update
```

then 

```
sudo apt upgrade
```

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