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@@ -298,7 +298,8 @@ See <a href="#%EF%B8%8F-cli-usage">below</a> for more usage examples using the C
 <li>Download and install the <code>.deb</code> package from the <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases">latest release</a>.
 <pre lang="bash"><code style="white-space: pre-line"># download the .deb for your architecture (amd64 or arm64)
 ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
-curl -fsSL "https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases/latest/download/archivebox_${ARCH}.deb" -o /tmp/archivebox.deb
+VERSION="$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases/latest | python3 -c "import sys,json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'].lstrip('v'))")"
+curl -fsSL "https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/releases/latest/download/archivebox_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.deb" -o /tmp/archivebox.deb
 sudo apt install /tmp/archivebox.deb
 archivebox version                         # make sure all dependencies are installed
 </code></pre>