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Download and install Ledger Live

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The Ledger Live app is a safe and easy interface for managing your cryptocurrencies using your Ledger device. Unlike most apps, Ledger Live keeps your data directly on your phone or computer, so there's no need to sign in using an email and password. All that's required is your Ledger device.

You can download Ledger Live on your desktop computer or your mobile device, and it works with both iOS and Android.

  Ledger Live Desktop   Ledger Live Mobile

Prerequisites

Instructions

Mac installation
  Minimum requirements
Operating system macOS v10.15 or later
  1. Navigate to ledger.com/ledger-live/download.
  2. Download the Ledger Live application.
  3. Double-click the .dmg file you downloaded.
  4. Drag and drop the Ledger Live application to the Applications folder.

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  5. Start Ledger Live from Launchpad or Spotlight.
  6. Depending on your macOS version, the following message displays. Click Open to allow the installation.

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Windows installation
  Minimum requirements
Operating system Windows 10 (64-bit) or later
  1. Navigate to ledger.com/ledger-live/download.
  2. Download the Ledger Live application.
  3. Double-click the Ledger Live executable file you downloaded.
  4. If a warning displays, click Yes to allow the installation of Ledger Live.

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  5. Once the installation completes, click Finish.
Linux installation
  Minimum requirements
Operating system Linux Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) or later

You can install Ledger Live on Linux using the command line or the graphical user interface.

Using the command line

  1. Install AppImageLauncher. 

    sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appimagelauncher-team/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install appimagelauncher
  2. Add and reload the udev rules to allow USB access to your Ledger device:
     
    wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LedgerHQ/udev-rules/master/add_udev_rules.sh | sudo bash

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     Note: Newer versions of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS require adding the following commands after wget: 
    sudo add-apt-repository universe
    sudo apt install libfuse2

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     Alternatively, you can use libfuse3 if libfuse2 is not available for your distribution:

    sudo apt install libfuse3-3
  3. Navigate to ledger.com/ledger-live/download and download the Ledger Live Linux app. 
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  4. Go to the Downloads folder and open: 
    ledger-live-desktop-*.AppImage
  5. Click on the button Integrate and run. 
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Ledger Live starts! You're done!

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 Note: If you get a sand-boxing error, please run the following command:

./ledger-live-desktop-*.AppImage --no-sandbox

Using the graphical user interface

Ubuntu 20.04 Ubuntu 22.04 and later
  1. Download the latest AppImageLauncher amd64 deb package from here.
  2. Go to the Downloads folder.
  3. Right-click open with "software install".
  4. Navigate to ledger.com/ledger-live/download
  5. Download the Ledger Live AppImage.
  6. Open Ledger Live.

 Note: if you are having Ledger device USB connection issues please open the terminal then add and reload the udev rules to allow USB access to your Ledger device:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LedgerHQ/udev-rules/master/add_udev_rules.sh | sudo bash

Ledger Live is available on desktop and mobile. While it may be compatible with some iPad models/tablets, we don’t currently support these devices. Furthermore, Ledger Live isn’t supported on virtual machines.

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