# 1 Getting Zabbix

#### Overview

There are four ways of getting Zabbix:

-   Install it from the [distribution
    packages](install_from_packages#From_distribution_packages)
-   Download the latest source archive and [compile it
    yourself](install#Installation_from_sources)
-   Install it from the [containers](containers)
-   Download the [virtual appliance](/manual/appliance)

To download the latest distribution packages, pre-compiled sources or
the virtual appliance, go to the [Zabbix download
page](https://www.zabbix.com/download), where direct links to latest
versions are provided.

#### Getting Zabbix source code

There are several ways of getting Zabbix source code:

-   You can [download](https://www.zabbix.com/download_sources) the
    released stable versions from the official Zabbix website
-   You can [download](https://www.zabbix.com/developers) nightly builds
    from the official Zabbix website developer page
-   You can get the latest development version from the Git source code
    repository system:
    -   The primary location of the full repository is at
        <https://git.zabbix.com/scm/zbx/zabbix.git>
    -   Master and supported releases are also mirrored to Github at
        <https://github.com/zabbix/zabbix>

A Git client must be installed to clone the repository. The official
commandline Git client package is commonly called **git** in
distributions. To install, for example, on Debian/Ubuntu, run:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install git

To grab all Zabbix source, change to the directory you want to place the
code in and execute:

    git clone https://git.zabbix.com/scm/zbx/zabbix.git