# Debian Pritunl Start Error
**URL:** https://forum.pritunl.com/t/debian-pritunl-start-error/621
**Category:** Pritunl VPN
**Created:** [December 13, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/debian-pritunl-start-error/621 "2022-12-13T18:21:10Z")
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### Author:  [@alexoslabs](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/alexoslabs)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/debian-pritunl-start-error/621/1 "2022-12-13T18:21:10Z")
Hi,
I install the Pritunl VPN in Debian Bullseye using the repository. When I tried start the service this error is displayed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/lib/pritunl/bin/pritunl”, line 33, in
sys.exit(load\_entry\_point(‘pritunl==1.30.3354.99’, ‘console\_scripts’, ‘pritunl’)())
File “/usr/lib/pritunl/bin/pritunl”, line 22, in importlib\_load\_entry\_point
for entry\_point in distribution(dist\_name).entry\_points
File “/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/ **init**.py”, line 957, in distribution
return Distribution.from\_name(distribution\_name)
File “/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/metadata/ **init**.py”, line 548, in from\_name
raise PackageNotFoundError(name)
importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError: No package metadata was found for pritunl
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### Author:  [@zach](https://forum.pritunl.com/u/zach)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.pritunl.com/t/debian-pritunl-start-error/621/2 "2022-12-14T17:34:31Z")
This is likely from using the incorrect repository. Check the repository file and [**Pritunl Repositories**](https://docs.pritunl.com/docs/repo) in the documentation.