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# Downloading The Arsse

Since version 0.9.2 The Arsse is available from the [Arch User Repository](https://aur.archlinux.org/) as packages `arsse` and `arsse-git`. The latter should normally only be used to test bug fixes.

Generic release tarballs may also be downloaded [from our Web site](https://thearsse.com), and the `PKGBUILD` file (found under `arsse/dist/arch/`) can then be extracted alongside the tarball and used to build the `arsse` package. Installing directly from the generic release tarball without producing an Arch package is not recommended as the package-building process performs various adjustments to handle Arch peculiarities.

# Installation

For illustrative purposes, this document assumes the `yay` [AUR helper](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_helpers) will be used to download, build, and install The Arsse. This section summarises the steps necessary to configure and use The Arsse after installtion:

```sh
# Install the package
sudo yay -S arsse
# Enable the necessary PHP extensions; curl is optional but recommended; pdo_sqlite may be used instead of sqlite3, but this is not recommended
sudo sed -ie 's/^;\(extension=\(curl\|iconv\|intl\|sqlite3\)\)$/\1/' /etc/php/php.ini
# Enable and start the necessary systemd units
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm arsse
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm arsse
```

Note that the above is the most concise process, not necessarily the recommended one. In particular [it is recommended](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PHP#Extensions) to use `/etc/php/conf.d/` to enable PHP extensions rather than editing `php.ini` as done above.

The PHP extensions listed in [the requirements](/en/Getting_Started/Requirements) not mentioned above are compiled into Arch's PHP binaries and thus always enabled.

# Web server configuration

Sample configuration for both Nginx and Apache HTTPd can be found in `/etc/webapps/arsse/nginx/` and `/etc/webapps/arsse/apache/`, respectively. The `example.conf` files are basic virtual host examples; the other files they include should normally be usable without modification, but may be modified if desired.

# Next steps

If using a database other than SQLite, you will likely want to [set it up](/en/Getting_Started/Database_Setup) before doing anything else.

In order for The Arsse to serve users, those users [must be created](/en/Using_The_Arsse/Managing_Users).

You may also want to review the `config.defaults.php` file included in `/etc/webapps/arsse/` or consult [the documentation for the configuration file](/en/Getting_Started/Configuration), though The Arsse should function with the default configuration.