# Installing a Legato app by transferring the update package

**URL:** <https://forum.legato.io/t/installing-a-legato-app-by-transferring-the-update-package/6368>\
**Category:** Legato Application Framework\
**Created:** [December 8, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/installing-a-legato-app-by-transferring-the-update-package/6368 "2022-12-08T13:01:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![zaielavrupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/dc4da7/32.png) [@zaielavrupa](https://forum.legato.io/u/zaielavrupa)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/installing-a-legato-app-by-transferring-the-update-package/6368/1 "2022-12-08T13:01:32Z")

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Hi all,

I’m having some technical issues while connecting my device to my legato app development machine. Hence I’m not able to follow the steps I have found to build and deploy my legato app to the device.  
The steps I was following so far were:

1. Within the leaf workspace, build the app (using the definition files and mkapp).
2. Install the app to the device using **app install and DEST\_IP**  
(Similar to [these steps](https://docs.legato.io/latest/getStartedHW.html#:~:text=onto%20your%20target.-,Install%20App%20to%20Target,-Use%20app%20install) )

Is there any alternative to the second step? Can I transfer the **appname.target.update** package to the device and install it from within the device?

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**Author:** ![jyijyi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.legato.io/jyijyi/32/822_2.png) [@jyijyi](https://forum.legato.io/u/jyijyi)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.legato.io/t/installing-a-legato-app-by-transferring-the-update-package/6368/2 "2022-12-08T13:59:07Z")

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you can transfer the xxx.update file to module’s /tmp folder by scp command  
After that, you can ssh to the module, type “update /tmp/xxx.update” to install the application