# How to specify the ESR version during the first installation

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/esr/412989 "2026-09-22T10:04:39Z")\
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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> As far as I remember, during the installation process, there is a prompt asking you to press CTRL + C to edit the app.yml file, after which you can do the following

The simple installation process doesn’t have this step. I manually interrupted it, edited app.yml, and then built it.

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