# ownCloud Server Administration Manual

# Preferred Linux Installation Method

## Recommend Setup and Supported Platforms

See the ownCloud 8.1 Release Notes for the recommended ownCloud setup and supported platforms.

## Installing ownCloud Enterprise Subscription

See Installing ownCloud Enterprise Subscription on Linux for instructions on installing ownCloud Enterprise Subscription.

## Supported Distribution Packages

Installing ownCloud Server (the free community edition) on Linux from the openSUSE Build Service packages is the preferred method. These are maintained by ownCloud engineers, and you can use your package manager to keep your ownCloud server up-to-date. Ready-to-use packages are available at the ownCloud repository for a variety of Linux distributions. Follow the instructions for your distro to add the oBS repository, download and install the repository signing key, and install ownCloud. Then run the Installation Wizard to complete your installation. (see Installation Wizard).

Note

Please don’t move the folders provided by this packages after the installation. This will break further updates.

If your distribution is not listed, your Linux distribution may maintain its own ownCloud packages, or you may prefer to install from source code (see Manual Installation on Linux).

## Additional Installation Guides and Notes

See SELinux Configuration for a suggested configuration for SELinux-enabled distributions such as Fedora and CentOS.

Archlinux: The current stable version is in the official community repository, and more packages are in in the Arch User Repository.

Mageia: The Mageia Wiki has a good page on installing ownCloud from the Mageia software repository.

Debian/Ubuntu: The package is installing an additional Apache config file to `/etc/apache2/conf.d/owncloud.conf` which contains an `Alias` to the owncloud installation directory as well as some more needed configuration options.