# Installing from command line

It is now possible to install Nextcloud entirely from the command line. This is convenient for scripted operations, headless servers, and sysadmins who prefer the command line. There are three stages to installing Nextcloud via the command line:

1. Download the Nextcloud code and unpack the tarball in the appropriate directories. (See Installation on Linux.)

2. Change the ownership of your `nextcloud` directory to your HTTP user, like this example for Debian/Ubuntu. You must run `occ` as your HTTP user; see Run occ as your HTTP user:

    $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/nextcloud/

3. Use the `occ` command to complete your installation. This takes the place of running the graphical Installation Wizard:

    $ cd /var/www/nextcloud/
    $ sudo -u www-data php occ  maintenance:install --database \
    "mysql" --database-name "nextcloud"  --database-user "root" --database-pass \
    "password" --admin-user "admin" --admin-pass "password"
    Nextcloud is not installed - only a limited number of commands are available
    Nextcloud was successfully installed

Note that you must change to the root Nextcloud directory, as in the example above, to run `occ maintenance:install`, or the installation will fail with a PHP fatal error message.

Supported databases are:

    - sqlite (SQLite3 - Nextcloud Community edition only)
    - mysql (MySQL/MariaDB)
    - pgsql (PostgreSQL)
    - oci (Oracle 11g currently only possible if you contact us at https://nextcloud.com/enterprise as part of a subscription)

See Command line installation for more information.

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