{"id":8071,"date":"2026-10-18T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=8071"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:44:34","slug":"how-to-use-the-override-distro-parameter-to-install-elements-linux-protection-or-linux-security-64-on-an-unsupported-linux-distribution","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/support-articles\/how-to-use-the-override-distro-parameter-to-install-elements-linux-protection-or-linux-security-64-on-an-unsupported-linux-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the &#8211;override-distro parameter to install Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64 on an unsupported Linux distribution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p>How to use the &#8211;override-distro parameter to install Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64 on an unsupported Linux distribution?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;help parameter for the linuxsecurity-installer shows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;subscription-key=KEY Specify subscription key (required);<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;profile-id=PROFILE-ID Specify profile ID;<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;next-boot Schedule the product to be activated<br \/>on the next boot;<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;override-distro=ID:VERSION-ID Spoof a supported operating system;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<p>The override-distro parameter is mainly to be used to install Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64 on a newer version of a particular Linux distribution that WithSecure has not yet added to the officially supported distributions list.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8211;help for the installer provides the format for the &#8211;override-distro: ID:VERSION-ID.<br \/>Examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211;override-distro=debian:11\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;override-distro=rhel:8<\/li>\n<li>&#8211;override-distro=ubuntu:22.04<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even though we provide the means to install Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64 on an unsupported Linux distribution,\u00a0distro override is to be used at your own discretion. If you are facing an issue while or after installing on a Linux distro version that is not yet officially supported, we can&#39;t provide support on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use the &#8211;override-distro parameter to install Elements Linux Protection or Linux Security 64 on an unsupported Linux distribution?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;help parameter for the linuxsecurity-installer shows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;subscription-key=KEY Specify subscription key (required);<br \/>\n&#8211;profile-id=PROFILE-ID Specify profile ID;<br \/>\n&#8211;next-boot Schedule the product to be activated<br \/>\non the next boot;<br \/>\n&#8211;override-distro=ID:VERSION-ID Spoof a supported operating system;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[106],"class_list":["post-8071","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000006218","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-18 11:44:34","import_hash":"a4f6ccb6322355f3b952faeef9196af43d8dcf78","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}