1--- 2title: Install Vector via DPKG 3sidebar_label: DPKG 4description: Install Vector through the DKG package manager 5--- 6 7<%- package_manager = metadata.installation.package_managers.dpkg -%> 8<%- downloads = metadata.installation.select_downloads(package_manager: package_manager.name) -%> 9<%- interfaces = fetch_interfaces(package_manager.interfaces) -%> 10<%- strategies = fetch_strategies(package_manager.strategies) -%> 11 12Vector can be installed through the [DPKG package manager][urls.dpkg] which is 13generally used on Debian and Ubuntu systems. 14 15## Install 16 17<%= installation_tutorial(interfaces, strategies, heading_depth: 3) %> 18 19## Configuring 20 21The Vector configuration file is located at: 22 23```text 24etc/vector/vector.toml 25``` 26 27A full spec is located at `/etc/vector/vector.spec.toml` and examples are 28located in `/etc/vector/examples/*`. You can learn more about configuring 29Vector in the [Configuration][docs.configuration] section. 30 31## Deploying 32 33How you deploy Vector is largely dependent on your use case and environment. 34Please see the [deployment section][docs.deployment] for more info on how to 35deploy Vector. 36 37## Administering 38 39Vector can be managed through the [Systemd][urls.systemd] service manager: 40 41<Jump to="[[[docs.administration]]]">Administration</Jump> 42 43## Uninstalling 44 45```bash 46sudo dpkg -r vector 47``` 48 49## Updating 50 51Follow the [install](#install) steps again, downloading the 52[latest version](#latest-version) of Vector. 53 54## Package 55 56### Architectures 57 58Vector's DPKG packages are multi-arch and support the 59<%= metadata.installation.package_managers.dpkg.archs.to_sentence %> 60architectures. The architecture name is prepended to the artifact file name. 61 62### Versions 63 64Vector's DPKG packages can be downloaded with the following URLs. Note that 65Vector maintains special URLS that are automatically updated whenever Vector is 66[released][urls.vector_releases]: 67 68<%= downloads_urls(downloads) %> 69 70### Source Files 71 72Vector's DPKG source files are located in 73[Vector's repo][urls.vector_debian_source_files]. 74