Install the Okta Privileged Access client on Ubuntu or Debian

1. Add the Okta Privileged Access repository key.

   curl -fsSL https://dist.scaleft.com/GPG-KEY-OktaPAM-2023 | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null

2. Create a package resource list entry. Replace DISTRIBUTION with the appropriate distribution name, such as xenial, jammy, or bullseye. The distribution name for supported platforms are provided in the following table.

   Stable

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-stable.list

   Preview

   echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oktapam-2023-archive-keyring.gpg] https://dist.scaleft.com/repos/deb DISTRIBUTION okta-preview" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oktapam-preview.list

   Platform	Version
   Ubuntu	Ubuntu 16.04 xenial Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Ubuntu 20.04 focal Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Ubuntu 24.04 noble
   Debian	Debian 11 bullseye Debian 12 bookworm

3. Update the list of available packages.

   sudo apt-get update

4. Search for the Okta Privileged Access packages.

   sudo apt-cache search scaleft

5. Install the client.

   sudo apt-get install scaleft-client-tools

6. Install the URL handler.

   sudo apt-get install scaleft-url-handler

Next steps

Enroll the Okta Privileged Access client