# Install for Linux

In this step wise guide you'll see how the wallet is installed on Ubuntu Linux, you can use your preferred distribution of course. 

### 1. Select Leather for desktop and Linux.

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### 2. Choose Download.deb file (Ubuntu)

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### 3. Click on the downloaded file to open.

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### 4. Double click *Software Install*.

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### 5. Click Install and then open the wallet

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### 6. Creating or Restoring the wallet

After opening the wallet you can choose to create a new wallet (and Secret Key) or choose 'I already have a wallet' to restore the wallet with an existing Secret Key or hardware device.&#x20;

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