# Installing Duplicati on Linux (Ubuntu / LinuxLite)

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**Category:** How-To\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/installing-duplicati-on-linux-ubuntu-linuxlite/743 "2017-09-20T21:36:15Z")\
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> [@How to give duplicati root permision on ubuntu](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-give-duplicati-root-permision-on-ubuntu/273/8):
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> Should it actually be:  
> $ sudo systemctl enable duplicati  
> or  
> $ sudo systemctl enable duplicati.service  
> …rather than “start”?

Yes, ENABLE service is correct if you want it to survive a reboot - thanks for catching that Derek!

As for “duplicati” vs “duplicati.service” I have found no difference, so I assume one is technically deprecated - though I don’t know which.

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