# Installation

> Install the Mina daemon on Ubuntu, Debian, macOS, Windows, or Docker.

Canonical URL: https://docs.minaprotocol.com/node-operators/validator-node/installing-on-ubuntu-and-debian

Supported environments include Linux (Debian 10, 11, 12 and Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04), any host with Docker, and macOS (build from source). The binary download is around 1 GB.

For pre-release builds, see the [Mina Releases](https://github.com/MinaProtocol/mina/releases) page on GitHub.

## Install by platform

### Ubuntu and Debian

<Tabs groupId="network">
<TabItem value="mainnet" label="Mainnet">

```sh
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mina*.list
echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://packages.o1test.net $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mina.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --yes curl unzip mina-mainnet=4.0.0-6850301
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem value="devnet" label="Devnet">

```sh
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mina*.list
echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://packages.o1test.net $(lsb_release -cs) alpha" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mina-devnet.list
sudo apt-get install --yes apt-transport-https
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --yes curl unzip mina-devnet=4.0.0-6965b50
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Docker

Docker is cross-platform (Linux, macOS, Windows). Install Docker from [Get Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/), then follow the [Connect to the Mina Network](/node-operators/validator-node/connecting-to-the-network) instructions to run the daemon as a container.

### Windows

Windows is not natively supported. Use the [Docker](#docker) instructions instead.

### macOS

No pre-built packages are available for macOS. Use [Docker](#docker) or [build from source](#build-from-source).

### Build from source

On Linux or macOS, you can build from source by following the [Building Mina](https://github.com/MinaProtocol/mina/blob/master/README-dev.md#building-mina) instructions.

## Verify your installation

```sh
mina version
```

The output should include a `Commit` line.

## Node profile

A Mina binary starts only when it knows its node profile: `mainnet`, `devnet`, `lightnet`, or `dev`. The profile selects the constants of the network.

- The `mina-mainnet` and `mina-devnet` packages and the Docker images write the profile of their network to `/etc/coda/build_config/PROFILE`.
- The `MINA_PROFILE` environment variable has priority over that file. Use it only when you run a binary with a profile that is different from its package, for example a binary built from source. The runtime configuration and the genesis ledger must agree with the profile.

If no profile is set, the binary stops at startup. See [Node config: no profile set](/node-operators/troubleshooting#i-get-node-config-no-profile-set-at-startup).

## Next steps

- [Generating a Wallet Key Pair](/node-operators/validator-node/generating-a-keypair)
- [Connect to Mainnet or Devnet](/node-operators/validator-node/connecting-to-the-network)