# Install

# Install

Install Phloem on the computer wired to your hardware. Download it from
**Downloads** in your Phloem account
([account.phloem.ai/downloads](https://account.phloem.ai/downloads)). No account
yet? [Sign up free](https://account.phloem.ai/sign-up).

## macOS

Open the `.dmg` and drag Phloem to Applications. Apple Silicon only for now.

## Windows

Run the `.exe` installer. It also upgrades an existing install in place.
Upgrades and uninstalls never touch recordings in your user's `.phloem` folder.

## Linux

On Debian and Ubuntu, use the **`.deb`**. It adds a launcher, puts `phloem` on
your PATH, and upgrades with `apt`.

```
sudo apt install ./Phloem-<version>-amd64.deb
```

You can ignore these two lines in apt's output:

- `Download is performed unsandboxed as root … Permission denied` — the package
  still installed.
- `Skipping the installation of the AppArmor profile` — the profile is for
  Ubuntu 24.04 and later. Phloem runs without it on 22.04.

**Upgrading from 0.1.22 or earlier?** Those builds used the package name
`computer`. `apt install` removes it for you. If you use `dpkg -i` instead,
remove it first:

```
sudo apt remove computer
```

Either way, your recordings and inputs in `~/.phloem` are kept.

The **AppImage** runs without installing, but gets no launcher or dock icon.
Use the `.deb` on a machine you will keep using.

## Updates

Phloem Computer updates itself. Open **Settings › Updates** and press
**Check for updates**. When one is found, press **Download** with its version,
then **Restart to update**. Your recordings, inputs and projects are kept.