1 [[!meta title="Manual installation using Linux"]]
3 [[!inline pages="doc/first_steps/manual_usb_installation.intro" raw="yes"]]
5 This technique uses the command line.
9 <h2 class="bullet-number-one">Install isohybrid</h2>
11 In **Debian Wheezy**, **Ubuntu 14.04**, and earlier the `isohybrid` utility is
12 included in the `syslinux` package. To install it, execute the following
15 sudo apt-get install syslinux
17 In **Debian Jessie**, **Ubuntu 14.10**, and later the `isohybrid` utility is
18 included in the `syslinux-utils` package. To install it, execute the following
21 sudo apt-get install syslinux-utils
25 <h2 class="bullet-number-two">Find out the device name of the device</h2>
27 The device name should be something like `/dev/sdb`, `/dev/sdc`, etc.
29 If you are not sure about the exact device name, with GNOME, do the
32 1. Make sure that the USB stick or SD card onto which you want to
33 install Tails is unplugged.
35 1. Open <span class="application">GNOME Disk Utility</span> from the menu
36 <span class="menuchoice">
37 <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸
38 <span class="guisubmenu">Accessories</span> ▸
39 <span class="guimenuitem">Disk Utility</span>
42 1. <span class="application">Disk Utility</span> lists all the current storage devices in the
43 left pane of the window.
45 1. Plug the USB stick or SD card onto which you want to install Tails.
47 A new device appears in the list of storage devices. Click on it.
49 1. In the right pane of the window, verify that the device corresponds
50 to your device, its brand, its size, etc.
52 [[!img destination_device_description.png link=no alt="Drive description containing: 'Device: /dev/sdc'"]]
54 On this screenshot, the USB stick is a Kingston DataTraveler of 2.0
55 GB and its device name is `/dev/sdc`. Yours are probably different.
59 If you are not sure about the device name, you should stop
60 proceeding or <strong>you risk overwriting any hard disk on the
67 <h2 class="bullet-number-three">Do the copy</h2>
71 <p><strong>All the data on the installed device will be lost.</strong></p>
75 Execute the following commands, replacing `[tails.iso]` with the path
76 to the ISO image that you want to copy and `[device]` with the device
81 <p>Note that the <code>isohybrid</code> command modifies the ISO image. As a
82 consequence, you won't be able to [[verify|download/#verify]] it again
83 afterwards. We recommend you to execute those commands on a copy of the
84 original ISO image that you downloaded.</p>
88 isohybrid [tails-isohybrid.iso] -h 255 -s 63
89 dd if=[tails-isohybrid.iso] of=[device] bs=16M
91 Here is an example of the commands to execute, yours are probably different:
93 isohybrid '/home/amnesia/Desktop/tails-0.6.2-isohybrid.iso' -h 255 -s 63
94 dd if='/home/amnesia/Desktop/tails-0.6.2-isohybrid.iso' of=/dev/sdc bs=16M
98 If you are not sure about the path to the ISO image or if you get a
99 <span class="guilabel">No such
100 file or directory</span> error message, you can first type
101 <code>dd</code>, followed by a space, and
102 then drag and drop the icon of the ISO image from a file browser onto the
103 terminal. This should insert the correct path to the ISO image in the terminal.
104 Then complete the command and execute it.
108 If you don't see any error message, Tails is being copied
109 onto the device. The whole process might take some time, generally a few
114 <p>Once the command prompt reappears, you can shutdown your computer, and
115 [[start Tails|start_tails]] from this new device.</p>
122 ### dd: /dev/sdx: No such file or directory
124 Then double-check the name of the device you found in [[step
127 ### dd: /dev/sdx: Permission denied
129 You might also have committed a mistake in the device name, so please
130 double-check it. If you are sure about the device name, this could be a
131 permission problem and you could need to gain administration privileges before running the
132 commands in the terminal. That could be:
134 isohybrid [tails.iso] -h 255 -s 63
135 sudo dd if=[tails.iso] of=[device] bs=16M
137 ### dd: tails.iso: No such file or directory
139 Then you surely have committed a mistake on the path to the ISO image in [[step