# Installing the Discourse development environment on Ubuntu

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**Category:** Developers\
**Tags:** dev-install\
**Created:** [December 10, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-the-discourse-development-environment-on-ubuntu-ubuntu-discourse/248481 "2022-12-10T14:06:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![honeymoose](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/honeymoose/32/198718_2.png) [@honeymoose](https://meta.discourse.org/u/honeymoose)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-the-discourse-development-environment-on-ubuntu-ubuntu-discourse/248481/7 "2023-10-06T14:13:20Z")

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> [@Lhc\_fl](#):
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> You don’t need to look for it yourself. This command means setting the environment variable $USER to the username. You can execute it directly. That sentence explains what this command does.

Correct, thank you.

That’s exactly what it means.

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