Installation instructions for Linux & Windows

This guide will help you install Theos on your Linux machine, Windows machine via Windows Subsystem for Linux, or a Google Cloud Shell instance.

Platform	Minimum OS version	Targets supported
Linux	Linux kernel 3.16	Linux, iOS
Windows 10/11	Windows 10 build 14393	Linux, iOS

Unless otherwise stated, all of the commands shown in the following instructions are meant to be run as a normal user, not root. Similarly, Theos is meant to be run as a normal user, not root.

If you are running on Windows and haven’t already installed a Linux distribution, follow Microsoft’s instructions to do so.
Install the following prerequisites¹ as root:
- Debian-based distros (includes Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, etc.)
```
  apt install bash curl sudo
```
- Arch-based distros (includes Manjaro, EndeavourOS, etc.)
```
  pacman -S --needed bash curl sudo
```
- Red Hat-based distros (includes Fedora, CentOS, etc.)
```
  dnf install bash curl sudo
```
- SUSE-based distros (includes openSUSE, etc.)
```
  zypper install bash curl sudo
```
^{¹ In order to use sudo, your non-root user may need to be added to the sudoers file (/etc/sudoers). See ArchWiki for more information.}

Run the installer:

 bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theos/theos/master/bin/install-theos)"