# Installation without snap?

**URL:** https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/installation-without-snap/139815
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [December 5, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/installation-without-snap/139815 "2020-12-05T09:49:59Z")
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### Author: ![griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/griffin/32/50204_2.png) [@griffin](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/griffin)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/installation-without-snap/139815/4 "2020-12-05T11:15:54Z")

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You're right. bmw mentioned this will change soon.

> [@Certbot-auto no longer works on Debian based systems](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-auto-no-longer-works-on-debian-based-systems/139702/7):
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> If you don't want to install Certbot through snaps, other installation methods are documented at [https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html](https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html). (certbot-auto is still documented there but that will be removed soon.)

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