Install ownCloud Server 5

The .tar archive is the classic way of installing ownCloud server. It provides the server and all immediate 3rd party PHP libraries.

1. Download Unix/Mac OS (.tar.bz2) or Windows (.zip) archive.
2. Check package integrity using the MD5 sum: Unix/Mac OS / Windows
3. Follow the ownCloud Admin Manuals’ installation chapter

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The Web Installer is the easiest way for novice users to install ownCloud on their web space. It checks the dependencies, download the newest ownCloud from the official server, unpacks it with the right permissions and the right user account. Finally, you will be redirected to the ownCloud installer.

1. Right-click here and save the file to your computer
2. Upload setup-owncloud.php to your web space
3. Point your web browser to setup-owncloud.php on your webspace
4. Follow the instructions and configure ownCloud
5. Login to your newly created ownCloud instance!

You can find further instructions in the ownCloud Admin Manual.

Note: Once the setup is done, the ownCloud installer will remove itself automatically. We recommend a subscription on our low-traffic announcement mailing list for notifications on updates and security issues.

ownCloud provides ready-to-deploy packages for popular Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and openSUSE.

Clicking on “Continue” will forward you to the ownCloud community page at the openSUSE Build Service, which hosts the repositories for all distributions. Further instructions on how to install ownCloud for your distribution are also provided there. For setup instructions, please follow the ownCloud Admin manual.

The repositories allow you to stay on an up-to-date version of ownCloud using your distributions’ update mechanism, with packages maintained by the ownCloud community.

You can find further instructions in the ownCloud Admin Manual.

Note: New updates will be made available in the repository on every release. To learn about changes and security issues, we additionally recommend a subscription on our low-traffic announcement mailing list