# Installing on Debian The recommended way to install is to use prebuilt packages from our official release repository. If the repository is not configured yet, please [add](#adding-icinga-package-repository) it first before [installing](#installing-the-package) the package. All packages we provide are signed with the following [key](https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key). ## Adding Icinga Package Repository Here’s how to add the official release repository: ```bash apt update apt -y install apt-transport-https wget gnupg install -d -o root -g root -m 0755 /etc/apt/keyrings wget -O - https://packages.icinga.com/icinga.key | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/icinga.gpg DIST=$(awk -F"[)(]+" '/VERSION=/ {print $2}' /etc/os-release); \ echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/icinga.gpg] https://packages.icinga.com/debian icinga-${DIST} main" > \ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/${DIST}-icinga.list echo "deb-src [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/icinga.gpg] https://packages.icinga.com/debian icinga-${DIST} main" >> \ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/${DIST}-icinga.list apt update ``` ## Installing the Package Use your distribution's package manager to install the `` package as follows: ```bash apt install ```