# DebugKit not enabled

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Tags:** help\
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712 "2020-12-08T15:41:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![PhilB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@PhilB](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/PhilB)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712/1 "2020-12-08T15:41:34Z")

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Hi,

I’m using version 4.1.6 on Apache on Linux Mint 20.

This is probably a stupid question, but how do I know if I have the debug\_kit enabled and how/where do I enable the Panels. I have not removed anything since installation and have configured the database - which seems to work as I get no error messages to say that it isn’t working, though it has no tables.

In the documentation it says to:

Configure::write(‘DebugKit.panels’, [‘DebugKit.Packages’ =\> false]);

but I want to ensure that they are Enabled and cannot find where this assignment is made.

Any ideas?

PB

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**Author:** ![spadeX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@spadeX](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/spadeX)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712/2 "2020-12-09T05:26:10Z")

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It’s need to install php-sqlite. 😀

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**Author:** ![PhilB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@PhilB](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/PhilB)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712/3 "2020-12-09T09:55:07Z")

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Hi spadeX,

Thanks for reply.

I should have said that it is already installed.

PB

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**Author:** ![PhilB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea666f/32.png) [@PhilB](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/PhilB)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/debugkit-not-enabled/8712/4 "2020-12-10T18:39:31Z")

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Hi,

It turns out that I needed to set it in an .env file - as per here:

> **[CakePHP - Project Configuration - Tutorialspoint](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cakephp/cakephp_project_configuration.htm)**

PB