# Installing Umbrel on a PC without using UBUNTU

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/installing-umbrel-on-a-pc-without-using-ubuntu/9719>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/installing-umbrel-on-a-pc-without-using-ubuntu/9719 "2022-10-04T13:02:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bitmen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/bitmen/32/3264_2.png) [@Bitmen](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Bitmen)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/installing-umbrel-on-a-pc-without-using-ubuntu/9719/1 "2022-10-04T13:02:16Z")

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Hi, Umbrel Community,  
I have tried unsuccessfully to install Umbrell on an old PC using Ubuntu (with correct 8GB RAM and 1TB SSD hard drive).  
Please could someone send a non-techie a step-by-step guide using a different operating system to install Umbrell?

Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![MykieGuillotine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85e7bf/32.png) [@MykieGuillotine](https://community.umbrel.com/u/MykieGuillotine)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/installing-umbrel-on-a-pc-without-using-ubuntu/9719/2 "2022-10-05T12:44:46Z")

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Try installing Debian instead.  
[SpiralLinux](https://spirallinux.github.io/) is quite nice way of installing it pretty easily but [other distributions based on Debian should be able to install Umbrella on it](https://distrowatch.com/search.php?basedon=Debian#simple).  
Do note that this is expected to become an umbrel **server** , and so, is expected to be run most of the time. You shouldn’t use it as an actual desktop computer when it’s set to be working as an umbrella server.