# Install sonic pi with apt-get

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264 "2020-08-03T07:25:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![gambit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@gambit](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/gambit)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264/1 "2020-08-03T07:25:32Z")

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hi!  
i ve installed sonic on ubuntu with apt-get, it works but it s an old version 2.2…  
and i tried a lot of times to install from source but never get out…

is there a way to install with apt-get the last version?  
thanks  
d

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**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264/2 "2020-08-03T07:33:37Z")

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Building and maintaining packages for linux distributions is not a straight forward process for the dev team, but there _is_ a deb of Sonic Pi 3.2.2, provided manually by @robin.newman. It is also only likely to work on Ubuntu 20.04.

See [http://r.newman.ch/rpi/ubuntu-20.04/ubuntu\_sonic\_pi\_deb.html](http://r.newman.ch/rpi/ubuntu-20.04/ubuntu_sonic_pi_deb.html) for details.

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**Author:** ![gregeporter](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/gregeporter/32/1277_2.png) [@gregeporter](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/gregeporter)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264/3 "2020-08-04T01:22:18Z")

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I’ve not had the pleasure of maintaining a package for linux distros so I’ll take @ethancrawford’s word for it 😛  
But, that would be pretty cool if it was possible.

Is that something that someone outside of the dev team could investigate?

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**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-with-apt-get/4264/4 "2020-08-04T01:36:17Z")

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There has been some interest in this, yes, but no real progress. See [Creating a snap package for Sonic 3.0](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/creating-a-snap-package-for-sonic-3-0/441) for example.