# Install AdGuard Home Cross-Platform Pi-Hole Alternative on Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

## What is AdGuard Home?

> AdGuard Home is a network-wide software for blocking ads and tracking. After you set it up, it'll cover ALL your home devices, and you don't need any client-side software for that.
> It operates as a DNS server that re-routes tracking domains to a “black hole”, thus preventing your devices from connecting to those servers. It's based on software we use for our public AdGuard DNS servers, and both share a lot of code. -https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardHome

## Installing AdGuard Home

1. Log into the Linux device
2. Run the following commands in a terminal window
   # download the latest adguard home release
   wget https://static.adguard.com/adguardhome/release/AdGuardHome_linux_amd64.tar.gz
   # extract the downloaded tar.gz
   sudo tar xvf AdGuardHome_linux_amd64.tar.gz
   # change directory into the extracted folder
   cd AdGuardHome
   # install AdGuardHome as a service
   sudo ./AdGuardHome -s install
3. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000
4. Click the Get Started button
5. Set the Admin Web Interface and DNS Server network interfaces and ports > Click Next
6. Enter an admin username and password > Click Next
7. Click Next on page 4
8. Click Open Dashboard on the Congratutations page
9. Log in using the admin username and password created during the install
10. Welcome to AdGuardHome

Source: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome#getting-started