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The following steps apply to Ubuntu&nbsp;&ge;&nbsp;12.04. For
previous releases, you need to build and install LTTng
[from source](#doc-building-from-source), as no Ubuntu packages were
available before version 12.04.

Two repository types can provide LTTng packages for Ubuntu: official
repositories and <abbr title="Personal Package Archive">PPA</abbr>.
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	5	The following steps apply to Ubuntu ≥ 12.04. For
47bfcb75	6	previous releases, you need to build and install LTTng
5e0cbfb0 PP	7	[from source](#doc-building-from-source), as no Ubuntu packages were
	8	available before version 12.04.
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8eba8057	10	Two repository types can provide LTTng packages for Ubuntu: official
5e0cbfb0	11	repositories and <abbr title="Personal Package Archive">PPA</abbr>.