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At present installing The Arsse is largely a manual process. We hope to some day make this easier by integrating the software into commonly used package managers, but for now the below instructions should serve as a useful guide.
In order for The Arsse to function correctly, [its requirements](Requirements) must be satisfied. The process of installing the required PHP extensions differs from one system to the next, but on Debian the following series of commands should do:
In order for The Arsse to function correctly, [its requirements](Requirements) must first be satisfied. The process of installing the required PHP extensions differs from one system to the next, but on Debian the following series of commands should do:
```sh
# Install PHP; this assumes the FastCGI process manager will be used
sudo apt install php-cli php-fpm
# Install the needed PHP extensions; curl is optional
# Install the needed PHP extensions; php-curl is optional
sudo apt install php-intl php-json php-xml php-curl
# Install one of the required database extensions
# Install any one of the required database extensions
sudo apt install php-sqlite3 php-pgsql php-mysql
```
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# Next Steps
In order for The Arsse to serve users, those users [must be created](Managing_Users), and in order for the various synchronization protocols to work, a Web server [must be configured](Web_Server_Configuration). The following manual pages provide details on how to get this set up.
In order for the various synchronization protocols to work, a Web server [must be configured](Web_Server_Configuration), and in order for The Arsse to serve users, those users [must be created](Managing_Users). The following manual pages provide details on how to get this set up.
You may also want to review the `config.default.php` file included in the download package and create [a configuration file](/en/Configuring_The_Arsse), though The Arsse can function even without using a configuration file.

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