Download Syntalos

Verify the Ubuntu version

You need Ubuntu 24.04 or later in order to run Syntalos. To run the latest version of Syntalos, we recommend Ubuntu 26.04. You can see your Ubuntu/Kubuntu version in the system settings, usually under “Details”.

Add the repository

Run this setup command in a terminal to set up the software source for Syntalos on Ubuntu:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/syntalos/repo/refs/heads/main/publish/setup-syntalos-repo.sh | sudo sh

The script will add an APT repository source to your system. You can inspect the source code of the script to see exactly what it does.

Install Syntalos

sudo apt install syntalos

Allow the current user access to serial devices

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Verify the Debian version

We are currently building packages for Debian 13 (Trixie). You can see your Debian version in the system settings dialog, or run cat /etc/os-release in a terminal to see it.

Add the repository

Run this setup command in a terminal to set up the software source for Syntalos on Debian:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/syntalos/repo/refs/heads/main/publish/setup-syntalos-repo.sh | sudo sh

The script will add an APT repository source to your system. You can inspect the source code of the script to see exactly what it does.

Install Syntalos

sudo apt install syntalos

Allow the current user access to serial devices

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER

Ensure Flathub is set up

Make sure that Flatpak and Flathub are configured on your system. For many Linux distributions, this is already the case, but you can find instructions on how to set up the software source on the Flatpak website.

Install Syntalos

Install Syntalos either graphically by searching for it in your software installer application (GNOME Software, KDE Discover, etc.), or from the command-line using this command:

flatpak install flathub org.syntalos.syntalos

Allow the current user access to serial devices

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER