# Can’t install Jenkins on Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://community.jenkins.io/t/can-t-install-jenkins-on-ubuntu/22460>\
**Category:** Using Jenkins\
**Created:** [October 26, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/can-t-install-jenkins-on-ubuntu/22460 "2024-10-26T13:57:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Hayriirem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ee7513/32.png) [@Hayriirem](https://community.jenkins.io/u/Hayriirem)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/can-t-install-jenkins-on-ubuntu/22460/1 "2024-10-26T13:57:33Z")

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install Jenkins on Ubuntu but the installation did not finish successfully.

Here is the “error” I’m seeing. Can anyone assist?

 ![3rjjedi](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/jenkins/original/2X/6/6d4d5c1f0093b0b3128e3d5917a2554449b6bf3a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![MarkEWaite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/markewaite/32/20_2.png) [@MarkEWaite](https://community.jenkins.io/u/MarkEWaite)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/can-t-install-jenkins-on-ubuntu/22460/2 "2024-10-26T14:00:38Z")

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The Jenkins documentation on [managing systemd services](https://www.jenkins.io/doc/book/system-administration/systemd-services/#reading-service-logs) says that you can see failure message details with the command:

> `journalctl -u jenkins`

That will provide more details on the failure.