# Is there a way to install Xtradb Cluster 8.x from the deb packages directly?

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**Category:** Percona XtraDB Cluster 8.x\
**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-install-xtradb-cluster-8-x-from-the-deb-packages-directly/17401 "2022-09-11T18:38:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bronco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Bronco](https://forums.percona.com/u/Bronco)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-install-xtradb-cluster-8-x-from-the-deb-packages-directly/17401/1 "2022-09-11T18:38:05Z")

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Hi,  
Is there a way to install Xtradb Cluster 8.x from the deb packages directly?  
dpkg -i /.deb of the extracted tar doesn’t seem to work.

Are there instructions on how to perform this or a precedence list?

The apt method doesn’t seem to scale due to this:  
_" During the installation, you are requested to provide a password for the `root` user on the database node."_

Or is there a way to populate the password in an environment variable to avoid the prompt for the password if we choose the apt method?

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-install-xtradb-cluster-8-x-from-the-deb-packages-directly/17401/2 "2022-09-11T20:30:15Z")

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Hi @Bronco

You may download all required debs by the next command.

```auto
sudo apt-get -d install percona-xtradb-cluster-full

```

After it can be installed by using deb packages directly.

 ![Screenshot 2022-09-11 at 23.25.02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/2X/0/056c0f66915d2a04819e8c25a5c2ca14d96519b1.png)

Next commands can be used for installing the package with empty root password.

```auto
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
sudo apt-get install -q -y /var/cache/apt/archives/percona-xtradb-cluster-server_1%3a8.0.28-19-1.focal_amd64.deb

```

 ![Screenshot 2022-09-11 at 23.28.31](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/percona1/original/2X/f/fda7cc864871c5507d8b01863333806f1c97ca20.png)