# Installing XDS client tools [xds-agent](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-agent) is a client tool that must run on your machine (user / developer host) to be able to use XDS. Installation of other XDS client tools, such as `xds-exec` or `xds-gdb` is optional and depends of what you want to do : - [xds-exec](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-exec) : command line tool to interact with XDS (also used by IDE integration). - [xds-gdb](https://github.com/iotbzh/xds-gdb) : requested for debugging application. ## Install packages for debian distro type ```bash # 'DISTRO' can be set to { xUbuntu_16.04, xUbuntu_16.10, xUbuntu_17.04, Debian_8.0, Debian_9.0} seb@laptop ~$ export DISTRO="xUbuntu_16.04" seb@laptop ~$ wget -O - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/LinuxAutomotive:/app-Development/${DISTRO}/Release.key | sudo apt-key add - seb@laptop ~$ sudo bash -c "cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/AGL.list <