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# Installing on Linux (GUI)

### Initial setup

First add the oxen.io apt repository to your system:

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

Update your apt package list:

```
sudo apt update
```

Install the `lokinet-gui` package:

```
sudo apt install lokinet-gui
```

This will also install and start a background service called `lokinet.service` that can be controlled with the lokinet-gui application.

### Toggling Lokinet off and on

Simply jump into the lokinet-gui client and click the large green power button.

### Using Lokinet

Head over to [Exit nodes](/oxen-docs/products-built-on-oxen/lokinet/exit-nodes.md) or [Accessing SNApps](/oxen-docs/products-built-on-oxen/lokinet/snapps/accessing-snapps.md) for an overview of the exciting things you can do with Lokinet up and running!

See the troubleshooting guide [here](/oxen-docs/products-built-on-oxen/lokinet/guides/linux-troubleshooting.md) if you have issues.