Install Vector using APT

Advanced Package Tool, or APT, is a free package manager that handles the installation and removal of software on Debian, Ubuntu, and other Linux distributions.

Our APT repositories are provided by Cloudsmith and you can find instructions for manually adding the repositories. This page covers installing and managing Vector through the APT package repository.

linkSupported architectures

• x86_64
• ARM64
• ARMv7

linkInstallation

First, add the Vector repo:

1curl -1sLf \
2  'https://repositories.timber.io/public/vector/cfg/setup/bash.deb.sh' \
3| sudo -E bash

Then you can install the vector package:

1sudo apt-get install vector

linkOther actions

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1sudo apt-get upgrade vector

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1sudo apt remove vector

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linkManagement

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