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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Installation<a class="headerlink" href="#installation" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p><em>You’re spoilt for choice</em>, choose your preferred method of installation.</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="installation-searxng.html#installation-basic"><span class="std std-ref">Step by step installation</span></a> is an excellent illustration of <em>how a SearXNG
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