# Install Group Office Collaboration Suite on Linux
Author: i12bretro
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## What is Group Office?

> Group-Office is an enterprise CRM and groupware tool. Collaborate, Share projects, calendars, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients. Easy to use and fully customizable. -https://www.group-office.com/

## Installation

1. Log into the Linux device
2. Run the following commands in terminal
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install available software updates
   sudo apt upgrade
   # add group-office gpg key
   wget -qO - https://repo.group-office.com/downloads/groupoffice.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/groupoffice.gpg
   # add group-office apt repository
   echo "deb http://repo.group-office.com/ sixeight main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/groupoffice.list
   # update software repositories
   sudo apt update
   # install group-office
   sudo apt install groupoffice -y && sudo apt install php-apcu -y
3. When prompted, press enter to configure the database
4. Enter and confirm a database password, Grou40ff1c3 in this example
5. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/groupoffice
6. Click Continue at the welcome screen
7. Click Continue at the system requirements check
8. Create an administrator account by entering an Email, Username and password > Select a Language > Click Install
9. Once the installation completes, click Continue
10. Login using the username and password setup earlier
11. If prompted, enter and confirm a new password
12. Welcome to Group Office

Source: https://groupoffice.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install/debian.html#core-system