# Installation

Packages and installation files are available at Releases page.

Alternatively, you can install the app with one of the following methods:

On Windows, you can install Chocolatey package.

On macOS (13 and above), you can use Homebrew to install the app (also see the problem in the next section):

    brew install --cask copyq

On macOS, if you encounter an issue where the app crashes with a dialog saying “CopyQ is damaged” or “CopyQ cannot be opened”, you may need to run the following commands (for details, see issue #2652):

    xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CopyQ.app
    codesign --force --deep --sign - /Applications/CopyQ.app

On Debian unstable, Debian 11+, Ubuntu 22.04+ and later derivatives can install stable version from official repositories:

    sudo apt install copyq
    # copyq-plugins and copyq-doc is split out and can be installed independently

On Ubuntu set up the official PPA repository and install the app from terminal:

    sudo apt install software-properties-common python-software-properties
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hluk/copyq
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install copyq
    # this package contains all plugins and documentation

On Fedora, install “copyq” package:

    sudo dnf install copyq

On other Linux distributions, you can use Flatpak to install the app:

    # Install from Flathub.
    flatpak install --user --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/com.github.hluk.copyq.flatpakref

    # Run the app.
    flatpak run com.github.hluk.copyq