# Remote Ignition installation

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011 "2015-05-13T10:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nifemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a5b964/32.png) [@nifemi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nifemi)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 10:41am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011/1 "2015-05-13T10:41:45Z")

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Hello all,

I would like to install ignition on a remote debian server, in the terminal over ssh. Is this possible? and how do i bypass/automate the interactive setup screens during the installation?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011/2 "2015-05-13T13:40:55Z")

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The \*.run file works just fine – I do the equivalent with headless VMs regularly. When there isn’t an X display to connect to, the .run file will present all questions in text mode.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011/3 "2015-05-13T14:19:58Z")

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You can also just use one of the zip distributions, which I prefer anyway, since they don’t shotgun files all over your system. Just unzip to /opt/ignition or whatever folder you like.

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**Author:** ![nifemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a5b964/32.png) [@nifemi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nifemi)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/remote-ignition-installation/10011/4 "2015-05-13T18:25:38Z")

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Thanks, I completely missed the zip packages.