# difficulties installing balena on ubuntu

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/difficulties-installing-balena-on-ubuntu/372222>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [October 6, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/difficulties-installing-balena-on-ubuntu/372222 "2024-10-06T13:07:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cryofreeze666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cryofreeze666](https://forums.balena.io/u/cryofreeze666)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/difficulties-installing-balena-on-ubuntu/372222/1 "2024-10-06T13:07:37Z")

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System:  
Kernel: 5.15.0-122-generic x86\_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Gnome 3.36.9  
Distro: Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa)  
Machine:  
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 v: SEx  
serial: BIOS: Award v: F2 date: 11/25/2014  
CPU:  
6-Core: AMD FX-6300 type: MCP speed: 1401 MHz min/max: 1400/3500 MHz  
Graphics:  
Device-1: NVIDIA driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02  
Display: x11 server: [X.Org](http://X.Org) 1.20.13 driver: nvidia  
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa tty: N/A  
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060/PCIe/SSE2  
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.256.02  
Network:  
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet  
driver: r8169  
Drives:  
Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 57.42 GiB (4.9%)  
Info:  
Processes: 278 Uptime: 9h 46m Memory: 23.45 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (9.5%)  
Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38

i am trying to install balena etcher

1st i went here [How to Install Etcher on Ubuntu {via GUI or Terminal} | phoenixNAP KB](https://phoenixnap.com/kb/etcher-ubuntu)

2nd i went here [https://askubuntu.com/questions/1520…n-ubuntu-20-04](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1520383/how-to-run-balena-etcher-on-ubuntu-20-04)

was going to copy and paste the command terminal readouts, but evidently as a noob i can only post 5 addies. curl and the debian repositories list lots of urls they contact for install, so i can’t show you what the readouts actually say, which is a pain.

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**Author:** ![cryofreeze666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cryofreeze666](https://forums.balena.io/u/cryofreeze666)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/difficulties-installing-balena-on-ubuntu/372222/2 "2024-10-07T02:59:03Z")

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interesting, you linked the site i listed as one i tried to use already. if i would have been able to post my command terminal scripts, you would have seen that the webste you linked was one of the ones that doesn’t work, and i copied and pasted everything in order. to bad that i am in noob status and it only allows me to post a limited number of url’s. otherwise you’d have been able to see that something was wrong with those directions.