# Stata Installation

Create a folder for your Stata installation file:

```
mkdir /home/ubuntu/stata_source
```

Download the [Stata](https://www.stata.com/support/faqs/unix/install-download-on-linux/) tar file for Linux.

Upload the tar file to the `/home/ubuntu/stata_source` folder just created (using BitVise's SFTP interface for example). You may need to give writing priviledges to the folder you just created by

```
sudo chmod -R a+rwx /home/ubuntu/stata_source
```

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Obtain administrative rights by requesting root access:
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```
sudo -i
```

Unzip the tar file in the `/tmp/statafiles` folder:

```
cd /tmp/
mkdir statafiles
cd statafiles
tar -zxf /home/ubuntu/stata_source/Stata16Linux64.tar.gz
```

Create `/usr/local/stata16` directory for installing Stata for all users:

```
cd /usr/local
mkdir stata16
```

Install Stata. Enter licensing information when prompted:

```
cd /usr/local/stata16
/tmp/statafiles/install
```

After installation, you will be prompted to initialize Stata:

```
./stinit
```

Ubuntu users will need an additional package for Stata to work:

```
apt-get update
echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main universe" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-focal-sources.list
apt-get install libncurses5
```

Edit the Ubuntu system paths to include Stata for all users. Open the profile in [nano](https://www.nano-editor.org/):

```
nano /etc/profile
```

Type the following into the bottom of the document as depicted below.

```
export PATH="/usr/local/stata16:$PATH"
```

![](https://2920288544-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MDG8rOchFn0FENiplhZ%2F-MDGiXtezLpgILCcsnw1%2F-MDGjt35Hg3Ii_0EUV-A%2Fenter%20stata%20path.png?alt=media\&token=34dfcbfd-a5da-4f70-8074-7caad902fa49)

Use CTRL+O then enter to overwrite the document and CTRL+X to exit.

Refresh the paths to include Stata by typing:

```
source /etc/profile
```