Install Orb on Ubuntu 20.04 and above

These instructions are for installing Orb on Ubuntu version 20.04 (Focal Fossa) and newer releases.

Add Orb Forge's GPG key

sudo mkdir -p --mode=0755 /usr/share/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.orb.net/stable/debian/orbforge.noarmor.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/orbforge-keyring.gpg >/dev/null

Add the Orb repository

curl -fsSL https://pkgs.orb.net/stable/ubuntu/ubuntu.orbforge-keyring.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/orb.list

Install Orb

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install orb

Enable auto-update

sudo systemctl enable --now orb-update.timer

Enable ephemeral mode (optional)

Info

Ephemeral mode prevents writes to disk by storing the Orb data in memory rather than in a local database. This is useful in applications where the file system is on a physical medium sensitive to continous writes (e.g. SD card, NAND flash).

echo 'ORB_EPHEMERAL_MODE=1' | sudo tee -a /etc/default/orb >/dev/null
sudo systemctl restart orb

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