# Installation Instructions for Ubuntu

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Ubuntu 16.04 is recommended to run Pchain
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Installing from PPA, or [install from release](https://github.com/pchain-org/pchain/wiki/Install-pchain-from-release) (If you want to become Pchain validator, we recommend you to install from release)

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:pchainorg/pchain
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pchain
```

You should now be able to check the different options and commands with 'pchain --help'.

Upgrade the latest version of 'pchain'

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
```


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