# Issue installing Collabora following official guide

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/issue-installing-collabora-following-official-guide/1746>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/issue-installing-collabora-following-official-guide/1746 "2016-07-20T09:52:59Z")\
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Using the CURRENT Docker Image was a total waste of time for me. I even copied out CODE from the docker image using this guide:

> [@\[HOWTO\] Collabora 2.0 without using Docker not for prod](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/tutorial-collabora-without-using-docker/2546/10):
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> As I had to redo, I wrote a little script that automatize all that stuff : #!/bin/bash HOSTNAME=your.fdqn.net USERNAME=you PASSWORD=y0uR.P@sww0rd FILEPATH=/usr/share/loolwsd CERTPATH=/path/to/certs docker pull collabora/code docker run -t -d --name collabora\_tmp -p 127.0.0.1:9980:9980 -e "domain=$HOSTNAME" --restart always --cap-add MKNOD collabora/code docker cp collabora\_tmp:/opt/collaboraoffice5.1/ /opt/ docker cp collabora\_tmp:/usr/bin/loolforkit /usr/bin/ docker cp collabora\_tmp:/usr/b…

I would highly recommend building from source and using loolswsd 1.9.0, This guide can help if you’re struggling to follow the instructions in the readme files in the git repository:  
[https://gist.github.com/m-jowett/0f28bff952737f210574fc3b2efaa01a:](https://gist.github.com/m-jowett/0f28bff952737f210574fc3b2efaa01a:)

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