# How to install Plone on Linux/BSD/Unix

*https://mbrasile.com/how-to-install-plone-on-linux-bsd-unix.html · 2012-11-03 · Plone*

It could seems hard to configure **Plone**, but it's just a matter of time.

- first of all download latest sable **Unified Installer** [from the official page](http://plone.org/products/plone) (currently it is the **4.2.1**)

- unpack it in a temp directory and choose between a **standalone** installation (as user) or a **wide** system (as root)

- wide system is best for the production stage, so we go for standalone and launch in the temp directory **./install.sh standalone**

- the installer will proceed to create a full working environment for Plone 4 in the directory **~/Plone**

- in this phase you'll manage to install missing/additional **packages** to complete the compilation

- if we have a recent **pyhton** version installed (e.g. 2.6+) we can let Plone use it and we do not need to compile a new one

- to check if you have installed **python-dev** and launch **./install.sh standalone --with-python=/path/to/Python-2.6**

- wait for the **compiling**!

if there were no errors you will have your Plone environment in ~/Plone ready to start!

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