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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 1 - Definitions and overview +

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1.1 What is this FAQ?

+ +

+This document gives frequently asked questions (with their answers!) about the +Debian distribution (Debian GNU/Linux and others) and about the Debian project. +If applicable, pointers to other documentation will be given: we won't quote +large parts of external documentation in this document. You'll find out that +some answers assume some knowledge of Unix-like operating systems. We'll try +to assume as little prior knowledge as possible: answers to general beginners +questions will be kept simple. +

+ +

+If you can't find what you're looking for in this FAQ, be sure to check out What other documentation exists on and +for a Debian system?, Section 12.1. If even that doesn't help, refer to Feedback, Section 16.2. +

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1.2 What is Debian GNU/Linux?

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux is a particular distribution of the Linux operating +system, and numerous packages that run on it. +

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux is: +

+ + + + +

+Most Linux users run a specific distribution of Linux, like Debian +GNU/Linux. However, in principle, users could obtain the Linux kernel via the +Internet or from elsewhere, and compile it themselves. They could then obtain +source code for many applications in the same way, compile the programs, then +install them into their systems. For complicated programs, this process can be +not only time-consuming but error-prone. To avoid it, users often choose to +obtain the operating system and the application packages from one of the Linux +distributors. What distinguishes the various Linux distributors are the +software, protocols, and practices they use for packaging, installing, and +tracking applications packages on users' systems, combined with installation +and maintenance tools, documentation, and other services. +

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux is the result of a volunteer effort to create a free, +high-quality Unix-compatible operating system, complete with a suite of +applications. The idea of a free Unix-like system originates from the GNU +project, and many of the applications that make Debian GNU/Linux so useful were +developed by the GNU project. +

+ +

+For Debian, free has the GNUish meaning (see the Debian Free Software +Guidelines). When we speak of free software, we are referring to +freedom, not price. Free software means that you have the freedom to +distribute copies of free software, that you receive source code or can get it +if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new +free programs; and that you know you can do these things. +

+ +

+The Debian Project was created by Ian Murdock in 1993, initially under the +sponsorship of the Free Software Foundation's GNU project. Today, Debian's +developers think of it as a direct descendent of the GNU project. +

+ +

+Although Debian GNU/Linux itself is free software, it is a base upon which +value-added Linux distributions can be built. By providing a reliable, +full-featured base system, Debian provides Linux users with increased +compatibility, and allows Linux distribution creators to eliminate duplication +of effort and focus on the things that make their distribution special. See I am making a special Linux +distribution for a "vertical market". Can I use Debian GNU/Linux for +the guts of a Linux system and add my own applications on top of it?, Section +14.3 for more information. +

+ +
+ +

1.3 OK, now I know what Debian is... what is Linux?!

+ +

+In short, Linux is the kernel of a Unix-like operating system. It was +originally designed for 386 (and better) PCs; today Linux also runs on a dozen +of other systems. Linux is written by Linus Torvalds and many computer +scientists around the world. +

+ +

+Besides its kernel, a "Linux" system usually has: +

+ + + +

+The combination of the Linux kernel, the file system, the GNU and FSF +utilities, and the other utilities are designed to achieve compliance with the +POSIX (IEEE 1003.1) standard; see How +source code compatible is Debian with other Unix systems?, Section 4.3. +

+ +

+For more information about Linux, see What is Linux by Linux Online. +

+ +
+ +

1.4 Does Debian just do GNU/Linux?

+ +

+Currently, Debian is only available for Linux, but with Debian GNU/Hurd and +Debian on BSD kernels, we have started to offer non-Linux-based OSes as a +development, server and desktop platform, too. However, these non-linux ports +are not officially released yet. +

+ +

+The oldest porting effort is Debian GNU/Hurd. +

+ +

+The Hurd is a set of servers running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel. +Together they build the base for the GNU operating system. +

+ +

+Please see http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ +for more information about the GNU/Hurd in general, and http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/ +for more information about Debian GNU/Hurd. +

+ +

+A second effort is the port to a BSD kernel. People are working with both the +NetBSD and the FreeBSD kernels. +

+ +

+See http://www.debian.org/ports/#nonlinux +for more information about these non-linux ports. +

+ +
+ +

1.5 What is the difference between Debian GNU/Linux and other Linux distributions? Why should I choose Debian over some other distribution?

+ +

+These key features distinguish Debian from other Linux distributions: +

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+
Freedom:
+
+

+As stated in the Debian +Social Contract, Debian will remain 100% free. Debian is very +strict about shipping truly free software. The guidelines used to determine if +a work is "free" are provided in The Debian Free +Software. +

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The Debian package maintenance system:
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+

+The entire system, or any individual component of it, can be upgraded in place +without reformatting, without losing custom configuration files, and (in most +cases) without rebooting the system. Most Linux distributions available today +have some kind of package maintenance system; the Debian package maintenance +system is unique and particularly robust (see Basics of the Debian package management system, +Chapter 7). +

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Open development:
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+

+Whereas other Linux distributions are developed by individuals, small, closed +groups, or commercial vendors, Debian is the only major Linux distribution that +is being developed cooperatively by many individuals through the Internet, in +the same spirit as Linux and other free software. +

+ +

+More than 1060 volunteer package maintainers are working on over 18200 packages +and improving Debian GNU/Linux. The Debian developers contribute to the +project not by writing new applications (in most cases), but by packaging +existing software according to the standards of the project, by communicating +bug reports to upstream developers, and by providing user support. See also +additional information on how to become a contributor in How can I become a Debian software +developer?, Section 13.1. +

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+
The Universal Operating System:
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+

+Debian comes with more than +18200 packages and runs on 11 architectures. This is far +more than is available for any other GNU/Linux distribution. See What types of applications and development +software are available for Debian GNU/Linux?, Section 5.1 for an overview +of the provided software and see On what +hardware architectures/systems does Debian GNU/Linux run?, Section 4.1 for +a description of the supported hardware platforms. +

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The Bug Tracking System:
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+The geographical dispersion of the Debian developers required sophisticated +tools and quick communication of bugs and bug-fixes to accelerate the +development of the system. Users are encouraged to send bugs in a formal +style, which are quickly accessible by WWW archives or via e-mail. See +additional information in this FAQ on the management of the bug log in Are there logs of known bugs?, Section +12.4. +

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The Debian Policy:
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+

+Debian has an extensive specification of our standards of quality, the Debian +Policy. This document defines the qualities and standards to which we hold +Debian packages. +

+
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+ +

+For additional information about this, please see our web page about reasons to choose +Debian. +

+ +
+ +

1.6 How does the Debian project fit in or compare with the Free Software Foundation's GNU project?

+ +

+The Debian system builds on the ideals of free software first championed by the +Free Software Foundation and in +particular by Richard +Stallman. FSF's powerful system development tools, utilities, and +applications are also a key part of the Debian system. +

+ +

+The Debian Project is a separate entity from the FSF, however we communicate +regularly and cooperate on various projects. The FSF explicitly requested that +we call our system "Debian GNU/Linux", and we are happy to comply +with that request. +

+ +

+The FSF's long-standing objective is to develop a new operating system called +GNU, based on Hurd. Debian is working +with FSF on this system, called Debian GNU/Hurd. +

+ +
+ +

1.7 How does one pronounce Debian and what does this word mean?

+ +

+The project name is pronounced Deb'-ee-en, with a short e in Deb, and emphasis +on the first syllable. This word is a contraction of the names of Debra and +Ian Murdock, who founded the project. (Dictionaries seem to offer some +ambiguity in the pronunciation of Ian (!), but Ian prefers ee'-en.) +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 3 - Choosing a Debian distribution +

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+There are many different Debian distributions. Choosing the proper Debian +distribution is an important decission. This section covers some information +useful for users that want to make the choice best suited for their system and +also answers possible questions that might be arising during the process. It +does not deal with "why you should choose Debian" but rather +"which distribution of Debian". +

+ +

+For more information on the available distributions read How many Debian distributions are there?, +Section 6.1. +

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+ +

3.1 Which Debian distribution (stable/testing/unstable) is better for me?

+ +

+The answer is a bit complicated. It really depends on what you intend to do. +One solution would be to ask a friend who runs Debian. But that does not mean +that you cannot make an independent decision. In fact, you should be able to +decide once you complete reading this chapter. +

+ + + + + +

+The following questions (hopefully) provide more detail on these choices. +After reading this whole FAQ, if you still could not make a decision, stick +with the stable distribution. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.1 You asked me to install stable, but in stable so and so hardware is not detected/working. What should I do?

+ +

+Try to search the web using a search engine and see if someone else is able to +get it working in stable. Most of the hardware should work fine with stable. +But if you have some state-of-the-art, cutting edge hardware, it might not work +with stable. If this is the case, you might want to install/upgrade to +unstable. +

+ +

+For laptops, http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ +is a very good website to see if someone else is able to get it to work under +Linux. The website is not specific to Debian, but is nevertheless a tremendous +resource. I am not aware of any such website for desktops. +

+ +

+Another option would be to ask in the debian-user mailing list by sending an +email to debian-user@lists.debian.org . Messages can be posted to the list +even without subscribing. The archives can be read through http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ +Information regarding subscribing to the list can be found at the location of +archives. You are strongly encourage to post your questions on the +mailing-list than on irc. The mailing-list messages +are archived, so solution to your problem can help others with the same issue. +

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+ +

3.1.2 Will there be different different versions of packages in different distributions?

+ +

+Yes. Unstable has the most recent (latest) versions. But the packages in +unstable are not well tested and might have bugs. +

+ +

+On the other hand, stable contains old versions of packages. But this package +is well tested and is less likely to have any bugs. +

+ +

+The packages in testing fall between these two extremes. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.3 The stable distributions really contains outdated packages. Just look at Kde, Gnome, Xorg or even the kernel. They are very old. Why is it so?

+ +

+Well, you might be correct. The age of the packages at stable depends on when +the last release was made. Since there is typically over 1 year between +releases you might find that stable contains old versions of packages. +However, they have been tested in and out. One can confidently say that the +packages do not have any known severe bugs, security holes etc., in them. The +packages in stable integrate seamlessly with other stable packages. These +characteristics are very important for production servers which have to work 24 +hours a day, 7 days a week. +

+ +

+On the other hand, packages in testing or unstable can have hidden bugs, +security holes etc., Moreover, some packages in testing and unstable might not +be working as intended. Usually people working on a single desktop prefer +having the latest and most modern set of packages. Unstable is the solution +for this group of people. +

+ +

+As you can see, stability and novelty are two opposing ends of the spectrum. +If stability is required: install stable distribution. If you want to work +with the latest packages, then install unstable. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.4 If I were to decide to change to another distribution, Can I do that?

+ +

+Yes, but it is a one way process. You can go from stable --> testing --> +unstable. But the reverse direction is not "possible". So better be +sure if you are planning to install/upgrade to unstable. +

+ +

+Actually, if you are an expert and if you are willing to spend some time and if +you are real careful and if you know what you are doing, then it might be +possible to go from unstable to testing and then to stable. The installer +scripts are not designed to do that. So in the process, your configuration +files might be lost and.... +

+ +
+ +

3.1.5 Could you tell me whether to install testing or unstable?

+ +

+This is a rather subjective issue. There is no perfect answer but only a +"wise guess" could be made while deciding between unstable and +testing. My personal order of preference is Stable, Unstable and Testing. The +issue is like this: +

+ + + + +

+But there are times when tracking testing would be beneficial as opposed to +unstable. The author such situation due to the gcc transition from gcc3 to +gcc4. He was trying to install the labplot package on a machine +tracking unstable and it could not be installed in unstable as some of its +dependencies have undergone gcc4 transition and some have not. But the package +in testing was installable on a testing machine as the gcc4 transitioned +packages had not "trickled down" to testing. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.6 You are talking about testing being broken. What do you mean by that?

+ +

+Sometimes, a package might not be installable through package management tools. +Sometimes, a package might not be available at all, maybe it was (temporarily) +removed due to bugs or unmet dependencies. Sometimes, a package installs but +does not behave in the proper way. +

+ +

+When these things happen, the distribution is said to be broken (at least for +this package). +

+ +
+ +

3.1.7 Why is it that testing could be broken for months? Wont the fixes introduced in unstable flow directly down into testing?

+ +

+The bug fixes and improvements introduced in the unstable distribution trickle +down to testing after a certain number of days. Let's say this threshold is 10 +days. The packages in unstable go into testing only when there are no RC-bugs +reported against them. If there is a RC-bug filed against a package in +unstable, it will not go into testing after the 10 days. +

+ +

+The idea is that, if the package has any problems, it would be discovered by +people using unstable and will be fixed before it enters testing. This keeps +the testing in an usable state for most period of the time. Overall a +brilliant concept, if you ask me. But things are alwasy not so simple. +Consider the following situation: +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +

+The situation can get much more complicated, if say, XYZ depends on 4 other +packages. This could in turn lead to unusable testing distribution for months. +The above scenario which is artificially created by me, can occur in the real +life. But such occurrences are rare. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.8 From an administrator's point of view, Which distribution requires more attention?

+ +

+One of the main reasons many people chose Debian over other Linux distributions +is that it requires very little administration. People want a system that just +works. In general one can say that, stable requires very little maintenance +while testing and unstable require constant maintenance from the administrator. +If you are running stable, all you need to worry about is, keeping track of +security updates. If you are running either testing or unstable it is a good +idea to be aware of the new bugs discovered in the installed packages, new +bugfixes/features introduced etc. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.9 What happens when a new release is made?

+ +

+This question will not help you in choosing a Debian distribution. But sooner +or later you will face this question. +

+ +

+The stable distribution is currently etch; The next stable distribution will be +called as lenny. Let's consider the particular case as to what happens when +lenny is released as the new stable version. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + +
+ +

3.1.10 I have a working Desktop/cluster with Debian installed. How do I know which distribution I am running?

+ +

+In most situations it is very easy to figure this out. Take a look at the +/etc/apt/sources.list file. There will be an entry similar to +this: +

+ +
+     deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
+
+ +

+The third field ('unstable' in the above example) indicates the Debian +distribution the system is currently tracking. +

+ +

+You can also use lsb_release (available in the +lsb-release package). If you run this program in an unstable +system you will get: +

+ +
+     $ lsb_release  -a
+     LSB Version:    core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-noarch:core-2.0-ia32:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.1-ia32
+     Distributor ID: Debian
+     Description:    Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)
+     Release:    unstable
+     Codename:   sid
+
+ +

+However, this is always not that easy. Some systems might have +sources.list files with multiple entries corresponding to +different distributions. This could happen if the administrator is tracking +different packages from different Debian distributions. This is frequently +referred to as apt-pinning. These systems might run a mixture of +distributions. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.11 I am currently tracking stable. Can I change to testing or unstable? If so, How?

+ +

+If you are currently running stable, then in the +/etc/apt/sources.list file the third field will be either etch or +stable. You need to change this to the distribution you want to run. If you +want to run testing, then change the third field of +/etc/apt/sources.list to testing. If you want to run unstable, +then change the third field to unstable. +

+ +

+Currently testing is called lenny. So, if you change the third field of +/etc/apt/sources.list to lenny, then also you will be running +testing. But when lenny becomes stable, you will still be tracking lenny. +

+ +

+Unstable is always called Sid. So if you change the third field of +/etc/apt/sources.list to sid, then you will be tracking unstable. +

+ +

+Currently Debian offers security updates for testing but not for unstable, as +fixes in unstable are directly made to the main archive. So if you are running +unstable make sure that you remove the lines relating to security updates in +/etc/apt/sources.list. +

+ +

+If there is a release notes document available for the distribution you are +upgrading to (even though it has not yet been released) it would be wise to +review it, as it might provide information on how you should upgrade to it. +

+ +

+Nevertheless, once you make the above changes, you can run aptitude +update and then install the packages that you want. Notice that +installing a package from a different distribution might automatically upgrade +half of your system. If you install individual packages you will end up with a +system running mixed distributions. +

+ +

+It might be best in some situations to just fully upgrade to the new +distribution running apt-get dist-upgrade, aptitude +safe-upgrade or aptitude full-upgrade. Read apt's and +aptitude's manual pages for more information. +

+ +
+ +

3.1.12 I am currently tracking testing (lenny). What will happen when a release is made? Will I still be tracking testing or will my machine be running the new stable distribution?

+ +

+It depends on the entries in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. If +you are currently tracking testing, these entries are similar to either: +

+ +
+     deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
+
+ +

+or +

+ +
+     deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
+
+ +

+If the third field in /etc/apt/sources.list is 'testing' then you +will be tracking testing even after a release is made. So after lenny is +released, you will be running a new Debian distribution which will have a +different codename. Changes might not be apparent at first but will be evident +as soon as new packages from unstable go over to the testing distribution. +

+ +

+But if the third field contains 'lenny' then you will be tracking stable (since +lenny will then be the new stable distribution). +

+ +
+ +

3.1.13 I am still confused. What did you say I should install?

+ +

+If unsure, the best bet would be stable distribution. +

+ +
+ +

3.2 But what about Knoppix, Linex, Ubuntu, and others?

+ +

+They are not Debian; they are Debian based. Though there are many +similarities and commonalities between them, there are also crucial +differences. +

+ +

+All these distributions have their own merits and are suited to some specific +set of users. For more information, read the information of software distributions based +on Debian available at the Debian website. +

+ +
+ +

3.2.1 I know that Knoppix/Linex/Ubuntu/... is Debian-based. So after installing it on the hard disk, can I use 'apt' package tools on it?

+ +

+These distributions are Debian based. But they are not Debian. You will be +still able to use apt package tools by pointing the +/etc/apt/sources.list file to these distributions' repositories. +But then you are not running Debian, you are running a different distribution. +They are not the same. +

+ +

+In most situations if you stick with one distribution you should use that and +not mix packages from other distributions. Many common breakages arise due to +people running a distribution and trying to install Debian packages from other +distributions. The fact that they use the same formatting and name (.deb) does +not make them inmediately compatible. +

+ +

+For example, Knoppix is a Linux distribution designed to be booted as a live CD +where as Debian is designed to be installed on hard-disk. Knoppix is great if +you want to know whether a particular hardware works, or if you want to +experience how a linux system 'feels' etc., Knoppix is good for demonstration +purposes while Debian is designed to run 24/7. Moreover the number of packages +available, the number of architectures supported by Debian are far more greater +than that of Knoppix. +

+ +

+If you want Debian, it is best to install Debian from the get-go. Although it +is possible to install Debian through other distributions, such as Knoppix, the +procedure calls for expertise. If you are reading this FAQ, I would assume +that you are new to both Debian and Knoppix. In that case, save yourself a lot +of trouble later and install Debian right at the beginning. +

+ +
+ +

3.2.2 I installed Knoppix/Linex/Ubuntu/... on my hard disk. Now I have a problem. What should I do?

+ +

+You are advised not to use the Debian forums (either mailing lists or IRC) for +help as people might advise you thinking that you are running a Debian system +and the "fixes" they provide might not be suited to what you are +running. They might even worsen the problem you are facing. +

+ +

+Use the forums of the specific distribution you are using first. If you do not +get help or the help you get does not fix your problem you might want to try +asking in Debian forums, but keep the advise of the previous paragraph in mind. +

+ +
+ +

3.2.3 I'm using Knoppix/Linex/Ubuntu/... and now I want to use Debian. How do I migrate?

+ +

+Consider the change from a Debian-based distribution to Debian just like a +change from one operating system to another one. You should make a backup of +all your date and reinstall the operating system from scratch. You should not +attempt to "upgrade" to Debian using the package management tools as +you might end up with an unusable system. +

+ +

+If all your user data (i.e. your /home) is under a separate +partition migrating to Debian is actually quite simple, you just have to tell +the installation system to mount (but not reformat) that partition when +reinstalling. Making backups of your data, as well as your previous system's +configuration (i.e. /etc/ and, maybe, /var/) is +still encouraged. +

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+version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008
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+Authors are listed at Debian FAQ Authors
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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 4 - Compatibility issues +

+ +
+ +

4.1 On what hardware architectures/systems does Debian GNU/Linux run?

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux includes complete source-code for all of the included +programs, so it should work on all systems which are supported by the Linux +kernel; see the Linux +FAQ for details. +

+ +

+The current Debian GNU/Linux release, 4.0, contains a complete, binary +distribution for the following architectures: +

+ +

+i386: this covers systems based on Intel and compatible processors, +including Intel's 386, 486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II (both Klamath and +Celeron), and Pentium III, and most compatible processors by AMD, Cyrix and +others. +

+ +

+amd64: this covers systems based on AMD 64bit CPUs with AMD64 +extension and all Intel CPUs with EM64T extension, and a common 64bit +userspace. +

+ +

+alpha: Compaq/Digital's Alpha systems. +

+ +

+sparc: this covers Sun's SPARC and most UltraSPARC systems. +

+ +

+powerpc: this covers some IBM/Motorola PowerPC machines, including +CHRP, PowerMac and PReP machines. +

+ +

+arm: ARM and StrongARM machines. +

+ +

+mips: SGI's big-endian MIPS systems, Indy and Indigo2; +mipsel: little-endian MIPS machines, Digital DECstations. +

+ +

+hppa: Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC machines (712, C3000, L2000, A500). +

+ +

+ia64: Intel IA-64 ("Itanium") computers. +

+ +

+s390: IBM S/390 mainframe systems. +

+ +

+The development of binary distributions of Debian for Sparc64 (UltraSPARC +native) architectures is currently underway. +

+ +

+Support for the m68k architecture was dropped in this release, because +it did not meet the criteria set by the Debian Release Managers. This +architecture covers Amigas and ATARIs having a Motorola 680x0 processor for +x>=2; with MMU. However, the port is still active and available for +installation even if not a part of this official stable release and might be +reactivated for future releases. +

+ +

+For more information on the available ports see the ports pages at the website. +

+ +

+For further information on booting, partitioning your drive, enabling PCMCIA +(PC Card) devices and similar issues please follow the instructions given in +the Installation Manual, which is available from our WWW site at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual. +

+ +
+ +

4.2 How compatible is Debian with other distributions of Linux?

+ +

+Debian developers communicate with other Linux distribution creators in an +effort to maintain binary compatibility across Linux distributions. Most +commercial Linux products run as well under Debian as they do on the system +upon which they were built. +

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux adheres to the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy +Standard. However, there is room for interpretation in some of the +rules within this standard, so there may be slight differences between a Debian +system and other Linux systems. +

+ +

+Debian GNU/Linux supports software developed for the Linux Standard Base. The LSB is a +specification for allowing the same binary package to be used on multiple +distributions. The Debian Etch release is Certified for LSB Release 3.1, see +the Linux +Foundation Certification webpage. Discussion and coordination of +efforts towards ensuring Debian meets the requirements of the Linux Standard +Base is taking place on the debian-lsb mailing list. +

+ +
+ +

4.3 How source code compatible is Debian with other Unix systems?

+ +

+For most applications Linux source code is compatible with other Unix systems. +It supports almost everything that is available in System V Unix systems and +the free and commercial BSD-derived systems. However in the Unix business such +claim has nearly no value because there is no way to prove it. In the software +development area complete compatibility is required instead of compatibility in +"about most" cases. So years ago the need for standards arose, and +nowadays POSIX.1 (IEEE Standard 1003.1-1990) is one of the major standards for +source code compatibility in Unix-like operating systems. +

+ +

+Linux is intended to adhere to POSIX.1, but the POSIX standards cost real money +and the POSIX.1 (and FIPS 151-2) certification is quite expensive; this made it +more difficult for the Linux developers to work on complete POSIX conformance. +The certification costs make it unlikely that Debian will get an official +conformance certification even if it completely passed the validation suite. +(The validation suite is now freely available, so it is expected that more +people will work on POSIX.1 issues.) +

+ +

+Unifix GmbH (Braunschweig, Germany) developed a Linux system that has been +certified to conform to FIPS 151-2 (a superset of POSIX.1). This technology +was available in Unifix' own distribution called Unifix Linux 2.0 and in +Lasermoon's Linux-FT. +

+ +
+ +

4.4 Can I use Debian packages (".deb" files) on my Red Hat/Slackware/... Linux system? Can I use Red Hat packages (".rpm" files) on my Debian GNU/Linux system?

+ +

+Different Linux distributions use different package formats and different +package management programs. +

+
+
You probably can:
+
+

+A program to unpack a Debian package onto a Linux host that is been built from +a `foreign' distribution is available, and will generally work, in the sense +that files will be unpacked. The converse is probably also true, that is, a +program to unpack a Red Hat or Slackware package on a host that is based on +Debian GNU/Linux will probably succeed in unpacking the package and placing +most files in their intended directories. This is largely a consequence of the +existence (and broad adherence to) the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard. +The Alien package +is used to convert between different package formats. +

+
+
+
+
You probably do not want to:
+
+

+Most package managers write administrative files when they are used to unpack +an archive. These administrative files are generally not standardized. +Therefore, the effect of unpacking a Debian package on a `foreign' host will +have unpredictable (certainly not useful) effects on the package manager on +that system. Likewise, utilities from other distributions might succeed in +unpacking their archives on Debian systems, but will probably cause the Debian +package management system to fail when the time comes to upgrade or remove some +packages, or even simply to report exactly what packages are present on a +system. +

+
+
+
+
A better way:
+
+

+The Linux File System Standard (and therefore Debian GNU/Linux) requires that +subdirectories under /usr/local/ be entirely under the user's +discretion. Therefore, users can unpack `foreign' packages into this +directory, and then manage their configuration, upgrade and removal +individually. +

+
+
+ +
+ +

4.5 How should I install a non-Debian program?

+ +

+Files under the directory /usr/local/ are not under the control of +the Debian package management system. Therefore, it is good practice to place +the source code for your program in /usr/local/src/. For example, you might +extract the files for a package named "foo.tar" into the directory +/usr/local/src/foo. After you compile them, place the binaries in +/usr/local/bin/, the libraries in /usr/local/lib/, +and the configuration files in /usr/local/etc/. +

+ +

+If your programs and/or files really must be placed in some other directory, +you could still store them in /usr/local/, and build the +appropriate symbolic links from the required location to its location in +/usr/local/, e.g., you could make the link +

+ +
+     ln -s /usr/local/bin/foo /usr/bin/foo
+
+ +

+In any case, if you obtain a package whose copyright allows redistribution, you +should consider making a Debian package of it, and uploading it for the Debian +system. Guidelines for becoming a package developer are included in the Debian +Policy manual (see What other +documentation exists on and for a Debian system?, Section 12.1). +

+ +
+ +

4.6 Why can't I compile programs that require libtermcap?

+ +

+Debian uses the terminfo database and the ncurses +library of terminal interface routes, rather than the termcap +database and the termcap library. Users who are compiling +programs that require some knowledge of the terminal interface should replace +references to libtermcap with references to +libncurses. +

+ +

+To support binaries that have already been linked with the termcap +library, and for which you do not have the source, Debian provides a package +called termcap-compat. This provides both +libtermcap.so.2 and /etc/termcap. Install this +package if the program fails to run with the error message "can't load +library 'libtermcap.so.2'", or complains about a missing +/etc/termcap file. +

+ +
+ +

4.7 Why can't I install AccelX?

+ +

+AccelX uses the termcap library for installation. See Why can't I compile programs that require libtermcap?, +Section 4.6 above. +

+ +
+ +

4.8 Why do my old XFree 2.1 Motif applications crash?

+ +

+You need to install the motifnls package, which provides the +XFree-2.1 configuration files needed to allow Motif applications compiled under +XFree-2.1 to run under XFree-3.1. +

+ +

+Without these files, some Motif applications compiled on other machines (such +as Netscape) may crash when attempting to copy or paste from or to a text +field, and may also exhibit other problems. +

+ +
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+version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008
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+Authors are listed at Debian FAQ Authors
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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 13 - Contributing to the Debian Project +

+ +
+ +

+Donations of time +(to develop new packages, maintain existing packages, or provide user support), +resources (to mirror the FTP and WWW archives), and money (to pay for new +testbeds as well as hardware for the archives) can help the project. +

+ +
+ +

13.1 How can I become a Debian software developer?

+ +

+The development of Debian is open to all, and new users with the right skills +and/or the willingness to learn are needed to maintain existing packages which +have been "orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to develop new +packages, and to provide user support. +

+ +

+The description of becoming a Debian developer can be found at the New Maintainer's +Corner at the Debian web site. +

+ +
+ +

13.2 How can I contribute resources to the Debian project?

+ +

+Since the project aims to make a substantial body of software rapidly and +easily accessible throughout the globe, mirrors are urgently needed. It is +desirable but not absolutely necessary to mirror all of the archive. Please +visit the Debian mirror +size page for information on the disk space requirements. +

+ +

+Most of the mirroring is accomplished entirely automatically by scripts, +without any interaction. However, the occasional glitch or system change +occurs which requires human intervention. +

+ +

+If you have a high-speed connection to the Internet, the resources to mirror +all or part of the distribution, and are willing to take the time (or find +someone) who can provide regular maintenance of the system, then please contact +debian-admin@lists.debian.org. +

+ +
+ +

13.3 How can I contribute financially to the Debian project?

+ +

+One can make individual donations to one of two organizations that are critical +to the development of the Debian project. +

+ +
+ +

13.3.1 Software in the Public Interest

+ +

+Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit +organization, formed when FSF withdrew their sponsorship of Debian. The +purpose of the organization is to develop and distribute free software. +

+ +

+Our goals are very much like those of FSF, and we encourage programmers to use +the GNU General Public License on their programs. However, we have a slightly +different focus in that we are building and distributing a Linux system that +diverges in many technical details from the GNU system as originally planned by +FSF. We still communicate with FSF, and we cooperate in sending them changes +to GNU software and in asking our users to donate to FSF and the GNU project. +

+ +

+SPI can be reached at: http://www.spi-inc.org/. +

+ +
+ +

13.3.2 Free Software Foundation

+ +

+At this time there is no formal connection between Debian and the Free Software +Foundation. However, the Free Software Foundation is responsible for some of +the most important software components in Debian, including the GNU C compiler, +GNU Emacs, and much of the C run-time library that is used by all programs on +the system. FSF pioneered much of what free software is today: they wrote the +General Public License that is used on much of the Debian software, and they +invented the "GNU" project to create an entirely free Unix system. +Debian should be considered a descendent of the GNU system. +

+ +

+FSF can be reached at: http://www.fsf.org/. +

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+version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008
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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 11 - Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux +

+ +
+ +

11.1 How can I ensure that all programs use the same paper size?

+ +

+Install the libpaper1 package, and it will ask you for a +system-wide default paper size. This setting will be kept in the file +/etc/papersize. +

+ +

+Users can override the paper size setting using the PAPERSIZE +environment variable. For details, see the manual page +papersize(5). +

+ +
+ +

11.2 How can I provide access to hardware peripherals, without compromising security?

+ +

+Many device files in the /dev directory belong to some predefined +groups. For example, /dev/fd0 belongs to the floppy +group, and /dev/dsp belongs to the audio group. +

+ +

+If you want a certain user to have access to one of these devices, just add the +user to the group the device belongs to, i.e. do: +

+ +
+     adduser user group
+
+ +

+This way you won't have to change the file permissions on the device. +

+ +

+If you do this from within a user's shell or a GUI environment you have to +logout and login again to become an effective member of that group. To check +which groups you belong to run groups. +

+ +

+Notice that, since the introduction of udev if you change the +permissions of a hardware peripheral they might be be adjusted for some devices +when the system starts, if this happens to the hardware peripherals you are +instered in you will have to adjust the rules at /etc/udev. +

+ +
+ +

11.3 How do I load a console font on startup the Debian way?

+ +

+The kbd and console-tools packages support this, edit +/etc/kbd/config or /etc/console-tools/config files. +

+ +
+ +

11.4 How can I configure an X11 program's application defaults?

+ +

+Debian's X programs will install their application resource data in the +/etc/X11/app-defaults/ directory. If you want to customize X +applications globally, put your customizations in those files. They are marked +as configuration files, so their contents will be preserved during upgrades. +

+ +
+ +

11.5 Every distribution seems to have a different boot-up method. Tell me about Debian's.

+ +

+Like all Unices, Debian boots up by executing the program init. +The configuration file for init (which is +/etc/inittab) specifies that the first script to be executed +should be /etc/init.d/rcS. This script runs all of the scripts in +/etc/rcS.d/ by sourcing or forking subprocess depending on their +file extension to perform initialization such as to check and to mount file +systems, to load modules, to start the network services, to set the clock, and +to perform other initialization. Then, for compatibility, it runs the files +(except those with a `.'in the filename) in /etc/rc.boot/ too. +Any scripts in the latter directory are usually reserved for system +administrator use, and using them in packages is deprecated. +

+ +

+After completing the boot process, init executes all start scripts +in a directory specified by the default runlevel (this runlevel is given by the +entry for id in /etc/inittab). Like most System V +compatible Unices, Linux has 7 runlevels: +

+ + + + + +

+Debian systems come with id=2, which indicates that the default runlevel will +be '2' when the multi-user state is entered, and the scripts in +/etc/rc2.d/ will be run. +

+ +

+In fact, the scripts in any of the directories, /etc/rcN.d/ are +just symbolic links back to scripts in /etc/init.d/. However, the +names of the files in each of the /etc/rcN.d/ directories +are selected to indicate the way the scripts in +/etc/init.d/ will be run. Specifically, before entering any +runlevel, all the scripts beginning with 'K' are run; these scripts kill +services. Then all the scripts beginning with 'S' are run; these scripts start +services. The two-digit number following the 'K' or 'S' indicates the order in +which the script is run. Lower numbered scripts are executed first. +

+ +

+This approach works because the scripts in /etc/init.d/ all take +an argument which can be either `start', `stop', `reload', `restart' or +`force-reload' and will then do the task indicated by the argument. These +scripts can be used even after a system has been booted, to control various +processes. +

+ +

+For example, with the argument `reload' the command +

+ +
+     /etc/init.d/sendmail reload
+
+ +

+sends the sendmail daemon a signal to reread its configuration file. (BTW, +Debian supplies invoke-rc.d as a wrapper for invoking the scripts +in /etc/init.d/.) +

+ +
+ +

11.6 It looks as if Debian does not use rc.local to customize the boot process; what facilities are provided?

+ +

+Suppose a system needs to execute script foo on start-up, or on +entry to a particular (System V) runlevel. Then the system administrator +should: +

+ + + + +

+One might, for example, cause the script foo to execute at +boot-up, by putting it in /etc/init.d/ and running +update-rc.d foo defaults 19. The argument `defaults' +refers to the default runlevels, which means (at least in absence of any LSB +comment block to the contrary) to start the service in runlevels 2 through 5, +and to stop the service in runlevels 0, 1 and 6. (Any LSB Default-Start and +Default-Stop directives in foo take precedence when using the +sysv-rc version of update-rc.d, but are ignored by the current (v0.8.10) +file-rc version of update-rc.d.) The argument `19' ensures that +foo is called after all scripts whose number is less than 19 have +completed, and before all scripts whose number is 20 or greater. +

+ +
+ +

11.7 How does the package management system deal with packages that contain configuration files for other packages?

+ +

+Some users wish to create, for example, a new server by installing a group of +Debian packages and a locally generated package consisting of configuration +files. This is not generally a good idea, because dpkg will not +know about those configuration files if they are in a different package, and +may write conflicting configurations when one of the initial "group" +of packages is upgraded. +

+ +

+Instead, create a local package that modifies the configuration files of the +"group" of Debian packages of interest. Then dpkg and +the rest of the package management system will see that the files have been +modified by the local "sysadmin" and will not try to overwrite them +when those packages are upgraded. +

+ +
+ +

11.8 How do I override a file installed by a package, so that a different version can be used instead?

+ +

+Suppose a sysadmin or local user wishes to use a program +"login-local" rather than the program "login" provided by +the Debian login package. +

+ +

+Do not: +

+ + +

+The package management system will not know about this change, and will simply +overwrite your custom /bin/login whenever login (or +any package that provides /bin/login) is installed or updated. +

+ +

+Rather, do +

+ + + +

+Run dpkg-divert --list to see which diversions are currently +active on your system. +

+ +

+Details are given in the manual page dpkg-divert(8). +

+ +
+ +

11.9 How can I have my locally-built package included in the list of available packages that the package management system knows about?

+ +

+Execute the command: +

+ +
+     dpkg-scanpackages BIN_DIR OVERRIDE_FILE [PATHPREFIX] > my_Packages
+
+ +

+where: +

+ + + + +

+Once you have built the file my_Packages, tell the package +management system about it by using the command: +

+ +
+     dpkg --merge-avail my_Packages
+
+ +

+If you are using APT, you can add the local repository to your +sources.list(5) file, too. +

+ +
+ +

11.10 Some users like mawk, others like gawk; some like vim, others like elvis; some like trn, others like tin; how does Debian support diversity?

+ +

+There are several cases where two packages provide two different versions of a +program, both of which provide the same core functionality. Users might prefer +one over another out of habit, or because the user interface of one package is +somehow more pleasing than the interface of another. Other users on the same +system might make a different choice. +

+ +

+Debian uses a "virtual" package system to allow system administrators +to choose (or let users choose) their favorite tools when there are two or more +that provide the same basic functionality, yet satisfy package dependency +requirements without specifying a particular package. +

+ +

+For example, there might exist two different versions of newsreaders on a +system. The news server package might 'recommend' that there exist +some news reader on the system, but the choice of tin or +trn is left up to the individual user. This is satisfied by +having both the tin and trn packages provide the +virtual package news-reader. Which program is invoked is +determined by a link pointing from a file with the virtual package name +/etc/alternatives/news-reader to the selected file, e.g., +/usr/bin/trn. +

+ +

+A single link is insufficient to support full use of an alternate program; +normally, manual pages, and possibly other supporting files must be selected as +well. The Perl script update-alternatives provides a way of +ensuring that all the files associated with a specified package are selected as +a system default. +

+ +

+For example, to check what executables provide `x-window-manager', run: +

+ +
+     update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
+
+ +

+If you want to change it, run: +

+ +
+     update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
+
+ +

+And follow the instructions on the screen (basically, press the number next to +the entry you'd like better). +

+ +

+If a package doesn't register itself as a window manager for some reason (file +a bug if it's in error), or if you use a window manager from /usr/local +directory, the selections on screen won't contain your preferred entry. You +can update the link through command line options, like this: +

+ +
+     update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \
+       x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs 50
+
+ +

+The first argument to `--install' option is the symlink that points to +/etc/alternatives/NAME, where NAME is the second argument. The third argument +is the program to which /etc/alternatives/NAME should point to, and the fourth +argument is the priority (larger value means the alternative will more probably +get picked automatically). +

+ +

+To remove an alternative you added, simply run: +

+ +
+     update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs
+
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16.1 Authors

+ +

+The first edition of this FAQ was made and maintained by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) +and Chuck Stickelman. Authors of the rewritten Debian GNU/Linux FAQ are Susan +G. Kleinmann and Sven Rudolph. After them, the FAQ was maintained by Santiago +Vila and, later, by Josip Rodin. The current maintainer is Javier +Fernandez-Sanguino. +

+ +

+Parts of the information came from: +

+ + + + + + + + +

+The authors would like to thank all those who helped make this document +possible. +

+ +

+All warranties are disclaimed. All trademarks are property of their respective +trademark owners. +

+ +
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16.2 Feedback

+ +

+Comments and additions to this document are always welcome. Please send e-mail +to doc-debian@packages.debian.org, +or submit a wishlist bug report against the debian-faq package. +

+ +
+ +

16.3 Availability

+ +

+The latest version of this document can be viewed on the Debian WWW pages at +http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/. +

+ +

+It is also available for download in plain text, HTML, PostScript and PDF +formats at http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#faq. +Also, there are several translations there. +

+ +

+This document is available in the debian-faq package. +Translations are available in debian-faq-de, +debian-faq-fr and other packages. +

+ +

+The original SGML files used to create this document are also available in +debian-faq's source package, or in SVN at: +svn://svn.debian.org/svn/ddp/manuals/trunk/debian-faq and http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/ddp/manuals/trunk/debian-faq/. +

+ +
+ +

16.4 Document format

+ +

+This document was written using the DebianDoc SGML DTD (rewritten from LinuxDoc +SGML). DebianDoc SGML systems enables us to create files in a variety of +formats from one source, e.g. this document can be viewed as HTML, plain text, +TeX DVI, PostScript, PDF, or GNU info. +

+ +

+Conversion utilities for DebianDoc SGML are available in Debian package +debiandoc-sgml. +

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Chapter 6 - The Debian FTP archives +

+ +
+ +

6.1 How many Debian distributions are there?

+ +

+There are three major distributions: the "stable" distribution, the +"testing" distribution, and the "unstable" distribution. +The "testing" distribution is sometimes `frozen' (see What about "testing"? How is it `frozen'?, Section +6.5.1). Next to these, there is the "oldstable" distribution +(that's just the one from before "stable"), and the +"experimental" distribution. +

+ +

+Experimental is used for packages which are still being developed, and with a +high risk of breaking your system. It's used by developers who'd like to study +and test bleeding edge software. Users shouldn't be using packages from here, +because they can be dangerous and harmful even for the most experienced people. +

+ +

+See Choosing a Debian distribution, Chapter 3 +for help when choosing a Debian distribution. +

+ +
+ +

6.2 What are all those names like etch, lenny, etc.?

+ +

+They are just "codenames". When a Debian distribution is in the +development stage, it has no version number but a codename. The purpose of +these codenames is to make easier the mirroring of the Debian distributions (if +a real directory like unstable suddenly changed its name to +stable, a lot of stuff would have to be needlessly downloaded +again). +

+ +

+Currently, stable is a symbolic link to etch (i.e. +Debian GNU/Linux 4.0) and testing is a symbolic link to +lenny. This means that etch is the current stable +distribution and lenny is the current testing distribution. +

+ +

+unstable is a permanent symbolic link to sid, as +sid is always the unstable distribution (see What +about "sid"?, Section 6.3). +

+ +
+ +

6.2.1 Which other codenames have been used in the past?

+ +

+Other codenames that have been already used are: buzz for release +1.1, rex for release 1.2, bo for releases 1.3.x, +hamm for release 2.0, slink for release 2.1, +potato for release 2.2, woody for release 3.0, +sarge for release 3.1, and etch for release 4.0. +

+ +
+ +

6.2.2 Where do these codenames come from?

+ +

+So far they have been characters taken from the movie "Toy Story" by +Pixar. +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ +

6.3 What about "sid"?

+ +

+sid or unstable is the place where most of the packages are +initially uploaded. It will never be released directly, because packages which +are to be released will first have to be included in testing, in order +to be released in stable later on. sid contains packages for both +released and unreleased architectures. +

+ +

+The name "sid" also comes from the "Toy Story" animated +motion picture: Sid was the boy next door who destroyed toys :-) +

+ +

+[2] +

+ +
+ +

6.4 What does the stable directory contain?

+ + + + +
+ +

6.5 What does the testing distribution contain?

+ +

+Packages are installed into the `testing' directory after they have undergone +some degree of testing in unstable. +

+ +

+They must be in sync on all architectures where they have been built and +mustn't have dependencies that make them uninstallable; they also have to have +fewer release-critical bugs than the versions currently in testing. This way, +we hope that `testing' is always close to being a release candidate. +

+ +

+More information about the status of "testing" in general and the +individual packages is available at http://www.debian.org/devel/testing. +

+ +
+ +

6.5.1 What about "testing"? How is it `frozen'?

+ +

+When the "testing" distribution is mature enough, the release manager +starts `freezing' it. The normal propagation delays are increased to ensure +that as little as possible new bugs from "unstable" enter +"testing". +

+ +

+After a while, the "testing" distribution becomes truly `frozen'. +This means that all new packages that are to propagate to the +"testing" are held back, unless they include release-critical bug +fixes. The "testing" distribution can also remain in such a deep +freeze during the so-called `test cycles', when the release is imminent. +

+ +

+We keep a record of bugs in the "testing" distribution that can hold +off a package from being released, or bugs that can hold back the whole +release. For details, please see current testing release +information. +

+ +

+Once that bug count lowers to maximum acceptable values, the frozen +"testing" distribution is declared "stable" and released +with a version number. +

+ +

+With each new release, the previous "stable" distribution becomes +obsolete and moves to the archive. For more information please see Debian archive. +

+ +
+ +

6.6 What does the unstable distribution contain?

+ +

+The `unstable' directory contains a snapshot of the current development system. +Users are welcome to use and test these packages, but are warned about their +state of readiness. The advantage of using the unstable distribution is that +you are always up-to-date with the latest in GNU/Linux software industry, but +if it breaks: you get to keep both parts :-) +

+ +

+There are also main, contrib and non-free subdirectories in `unstable', +separated on the same criteria as in `stable'. +

+ +
+ +

6.7 What are all those directories at the Debian FTP archives?

+ +

+The software that has been packaged for Debian GNU/Linux is available in one of +several directory trees on each Debian mirror site. +

+ +

+The dists directory is short for "distributions", and it +is the canonical way to access the currently available Debian releases (and +pre-releases). +

+ +

+The pool directory contains the actual packages, see What's in the pool directory?, Section 6.10. +

+ +

+There are the following supplementary directories: +

+
+
/tools/:
+
+

+DOS utilities for creating boot disks, partitioning your disk drive, +compressing/decompressing files, and booting Linux. +

+
+
+
+
/doc/:
+
+

+The basic Debian documentation, such as this FAQ, the bug reporting system +instructions, etc. +

+
+
+
+
/indices/:
+
+

+various indices of the site (the Maintainers file and the override files). +

+
+
+
+
/project/:
+
+

+mostly developer-only materials and some miscellaneous files. +

+
+
+ +
+ +

6.8 What are all those directories inside dists/stable/main?

+ +

+Within each of the major directory trees[3], there are three sets of subdirectories containing index +files. +

+ +

+There's one set of binary-something subdirectories +which contain index files for binary packages of each available computer +architecture, for example binary-i386 for packages which execute +on Intel x86 PC machines or binary-sparc for packages which +execute on Sun SPARCStations. +

+ +

+The complete list of available architectures for each release is available at +the release's web +page. For the current release, please see On what hardware architectures/systems does +Debian GNU/Linux run?, Section 4.1. +

+ +

+The index files in binary-* are called Packages(.gz, .bz2) and they include a +summary of each binary package that is included in that distribution. The +actual binary packages reside in the top level pool directory. +

+ +

+Furthermore, there's a subdirectory called source/ which contains index files +for source packages included in the distribution. The index file is called +Sources(.gz, .bz2). +

+ +

+Last but not least, there's a set of subdirectories meant for the installation +system index files, they are at +debian-installer/binary-architecture. +

+ +
+ +

6.9 Where is the source code?

+ +

+Source code is included for everything in the Debian system. Moreover, the +license terms of most programs in the system require that source code +be distributed along with the programs, or that an offer to provide the source +code accompany the programs. +

+ +

+The source code is distributed in the pool directory (see What's in the pool directory?, Section 6.10) +together with all the architecture-specific binary directories. To retrieve +the source code without having to be familiar with the structure of the FTP +archive, try a command like apt-get source mypackagename. +

+ +

+Some packages are only distributed as source code due to the restrictions in +their licenses. Notably, one such package is pine, see Where is pine?, Section 5.10 for more +information. +

+ +

+Source code may or may not be available for packages in the "contrib" +and "non-free" directories, which are not formally part of the Debian +system. +

+ +
+ +

6.10 What's in the pool directory?

+ +

+Packages are kept in a large `pool', structured according to the name of the +source package. To make this manageable, the pool is subdivided by section +(`main', `contrib' and `non-free') and by the first letter of the source +package name. These directories contain several files: the binary packages for +each architecture, and the source packages from which the binary packages were +generated. +

+ +

+You can find out where each package is placed by executing a command like +apt-cache showsrc mypackagename and looking at the `Directory:' +line. For example, the apache packages are stored in +pool/main/a/apache/. +

+ +

+Additionally, since there are so many lib* packages, these are +treated specially: for instance, libpaper packages are stored in +pool/main/libp/libpaper/. +

+ +

+[4] +

+ +
+ +

6.11 What is "incoming"?

+ +

+After a developer uploads a package, it stays for a short while in the +"incoming" directory before it is checked that it's genuine and +allowed into the archive. +

+ +

+Usually nobody should install things from this place. However, in some rare +cases of emergency, the incoming directory is available at http://incoming.debian.org/. You +can manually fetch packages, check the GPG signature and MD5sums in the +.changes and .dsc files, and then install them. +

+ +
+ +

6.12 How do I set up my own apt-able repository?

+ +

+If you have built some private Debian packages which you'd like to install +using the standard Debian package management tools, you can set up your own +apt-able package archive. This is also useful if you'd like to share your +Debian packages while these are not distributed by the Debian project. +Instructions on how to do this are given in the Debian +Repository HOWTO. +

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Chapter 2 - Getting and installing Debian GNU/Linux +

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+ +

+The official document giving installation instructions is the Debian GNU/Linux +Installation Guide. We'll give some additional notes about getting +and installing Debian GNU/Linux here. +

+ +
+ +

2.1 What is the latest version of Debian?

+ +

+Currently there are three versions of Debian GNU/Linux: +

+
+
release 4.0, a.k.a. the `stable' distribution or etch
+
+

+This is stable and well tested software, it changes if major security or +usability fixes are incorporated. +

+
+
+
+
the `testing' distribution, currently called lenny
+
+

+This is where packages that will be released as the next `stable' are placed; +they've had some testing in unstable but they may not be completely fit for +release yet. This distribution is updated more often than `stable', but not +more often than `unstable'. +

+
+
+
+
the `unstable' distribution
+
+

+This is the version currently under development; it is updated continuously. +You can retrieve packages from the `unstable' archive on any Debian FTP site +and use them to upgrade your system at any time, but you may not expect the +system to be as usable or as stable as before - that's why it's called +`unstable'! +

+
+
+ +

+Please see How many Debian +distributions are there?, Section 6.1 for more information. +

+ +
+ +

2.2 Are there package upgrades in `stable'?

+ +

+No new functionality is added to the stable release. Once a Debian version is +released and tagged `stable' it will only get security updates. That is, only +packages for which a security vulnerability has been found after the release +will be upgraded. All the security updates are served through security.debian.org. +

+ +

+Security updates serve one purpose: to supply a fix for a security +vulnerability. They are not a method for sneaking additional changes into the +stable release without going through normal point release procedure. +Consequently, fixes for packages with security issues will not upgrade the +software. The Debian Security Team will backport the necessary fixes to the +version of the software distributed in `stable' instead. +

+ +

+For more information related to security support please read the Security FAQ or the +Debian +Security Manual. +

+ +
+ +

2.3 Where/how can I get the Debian installation disks?

+ +

+You can get the installation disks by downloading the appropriate files from +one of the Debian +mirrors. +

+ +

+Please refer to Debian GNU/Linux on +CDs for more information about CD (and DVD) images. +

+ +
+ +

2.4 How do I install the Debian from CD-ROMs?

+ +

+Installing Debian from CD is straightforward: configure your system for booting +off a CD, insert your CD, and reboot. Your system will now be running the +Debian Installer. See the Debian GNU/Linux +Installation Guide for more information. +

+ +
+ +

2.5 Why does the official stable released CD-ROM contain symlinks for `frozen' and `unstable'? I thought this CD contains just `stable'!

+ +

+Official Debian CD images indeed contain symlinks like: +

+ +
+      /dists/frozen -> etch/
+      /dists/stable -> etch/
+      /dists/testing -> etch/
+      /dists/unstable -> etch/
+
+ +

+so that they work when your sources.list has an entry like +

+ +
+      deb cdrom:[<name as on cd label>]/ unstable main [...]
+
+ +

+. +

+ +

+The fact these symlinks are present does not mean the image is +`unstable' or `testing' or anything. Read the CD label in +/.disk/info to find out which Debian version it contains. This +information is also present in /README.txt on the CD. +

+ +

+Read http://www.debian.org/releases/ +to find out what the current `stable' and `testing' releases are. +

+ +
+ +

2.6 Can I get and install Debian directly from a remote Internet site?

+ +

+Yes. You can boot the Debian installation system from a set of files you can +download from our FTP site and its mirrors. +

+ +

+You can download a small CD image file, create a bootable CD from it, install +the basic system from it and the rest over the network. For more information +please see http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/. +

+ +

+You can also download even smaller floppy disk image files, create bootable +diskettes from them, start the installation procedure and get the rest of +Debian over the network. +

+ +
+ +

2.7 Are there any alternative strategies for booting the system installer?

+ +

+Yes. Apart from CD or DVD, you can install Debian GNU/Linux by booting from +floppy disks, USB memory stick, directly from hard disk, or using TFTP net +booting. For installing on multiple computers it's possible to do fully +automatic installations. NB: not all methods are supported by all computer +architectures. Once the installer has booted, the rest of the system can be +downloaded over the network, or installed from local media. See the Debian GNU/Linux +Installation Guide for more information. +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 10 - Debian and the kernel +

+ +
+ +

10.1 Can I install and compile a kernel without some Debian-specific tweaking?

+ +

+Yes. +

+ +

+There's only one common catch: the Debian C libraries are built with the most +recent stable releases of the kernel headers. If you +happen to need to compile a program with kernel headers newer than the ones +from the stable branch, then you should either upgrade the package containing +the headers (libc6-dev), or use the new headers from an unpacked +tree of the newer kernel. That is, if the kernel sources are in +/usr/src/linux, then you should add +-I/usr/src/linux/include/ to your command line when compiling. +

+ +
+ +

10.2 What tools does Debian provide to build custom kernels?

+ +

+Users who wish to (or must) build a custom kernel are encouraged to download +the package kernel-package. This package contains the script to +build the kernel package, and provides the capability to create a Debian +linux-image-version package just by running the command +

+ +
+     make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image
+
+ +

+in the top-level kernel source directory. Help is available by executing the +command +

+ +
+     make-kpkg --help
+
+ +

+and through the manual page make-kpkg(1). +

+ +

+Users must separately download the source code for the most recent kernel (or +the kernel of their choice) from their favorite Linux archive site, unless a +linux-source-version package is available (where +version stands for the kernel version). +

+ +

+Detailed instructions for using the kernel-package package are +given in the file /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz. +

+ +
+ +

10.3 How can I make a custom boot floppy?

+ +

+This task is greatly aided by the Debian package boot-floppies, +normally found in the admin section of the Debian FTP archive. +Shell scripts in this package produce boot floppies in the +SYSLINUX format. These are MS-DOS formatted floppies +whose master boot records have been altered so that they boot Linux directly +(or whatever other operating system has been defined in the +syslinux.cfg file on the floppy). Other scripts in this package +produce emergency root disks and can even reproduce the base disks. +

+ +

+You will find more information about this in the +/usr/share/doc/boot-floppies/README file after installing the +boot-floppies package. +

+ +
+ +

10.4 What special provisions does Debian provide to deal with modules?

+ +

+Debian's modconf package provides a shell script +(/usr/sbin/modconf) which can be used to customize the +configuration of modules. This script presents a menu-based interface, +prompting the user for particulars on the loadable device drivers in his +system. The responses are used to customize the file +/etc/modules.conf (which lists aliases, and other arguments that +must be used in conjunction with various modules) through files in +/etc/modutils/, and /etc/modules (which lists the +modules that must be loaded at boot time). +

+ +

+Like the (new) Configure.help files that are now available to +support the construction of custom kernels, the modconf package +comes with a series of help files (in /usr/lib/modules_help/) +which provide detailed information on appropriate arguments for each of the +modules. +

+ +
+ +

10.5 Can I safely de-install an old kernel package, and if so, how?

+ +

+Yes. The linux-image-NNN.prerm script checks to see +whether the kernel you are currently running is the same as the kernel you are +trying to de-install. Therefore you can remove unwanted kernel image packages +using this command: +

+ +
+     dpkg --purge linux-image-NNN
+
+ +

+(replace NNN with your kernel version and revision number, of +course) +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 15 - Changes expected in the next major release of Debian +

+ +
+ +

15.1 Extended support for non-English users

+ +

+Debian already has very good support for non-English users, see How does Debian support non-English +languages?, Section 5.9. +

+ +

+We hope to find people who will provide support for even more languages, and +translate. Some programs already support internationalization, so we need +message catalogs translators. Many programs still remain to be properly +internationalized. +

+ +

+The GNU Translation Project ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ABOUT-NLS +works on internationalizing the GNU programs. +

+ +

+Specifically for Debian lenny, we're working on things like the following: +

+ + + + +
+ +

15.2 Faster booting: Dependency based boot sequence

+ +

+Work is being done on converting the +Debian boot sequence to use dynamic and dependency based ordering +instead of hardcoded sequence numbers. Once that's finished, Debian systems +will boot much faster. +

+ +
+ +

15.3 Improvements in the Debian Installer

+ +

+Lots of work has been done on the Debian Installer, resulting in major +improvements. We'll mention just two of them here. +

+ +

+Starting the installer from Microsoft Windows: It is now possible to start the +installer directly from Microsoft Windows without the need to change BIOS +settings. Upon insertion of a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or USB stick, an autorun program +will be started, offering a step-by-step process to start the Debian Installer. +

+ +

+The debian-installer now includes experimental support for installing Debian on +systems with Serial ATA RAID. +

+ +
+ +

15.4 More architectures

+ +

+Complete Debian system on other architectures such as ARM EABI (referred to as +"armel") (next to the old "arm") will likely get supported +with lenny. Support for SuperH is expected soon. +Notice that even though some architectures are dropped for a given the release +there still might be a way to install and upgrade using the latest +sid. +

+ +
+ +

15.5 More kernels

+ +

+In addition to Debian GNU/Hurd, Debian is being ported also to BSD kernels, +namely to FreeBSD. This port +runs on both AMD64 ("kfreebsd-amd64") and traditional Intel +("kfreebsd-i386"). +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 7 - Basics of the Debian package management system +

+ +
+ +

+This chapter touches on some lower level internals of Debian package +management. If you're interested mainly in usage of the relevant +tools, skip to chapters The Debian package +management tools, Chapter 8 and/or Keeping +your Debian system up-to-date, Chapter 9. +

+ +
+ +

7.1 What is a Debian package?

+ +

+Packages generally contain all of the files necessary to implement a set of +related commands or features. There are two types of Debian packages: +

+ + + +

+Installation of software by the package system uses "dependencies" +which are carefully designed by the package maintainers. These dependencies +are documented in the control file associated with each package. +For example, the package containing the GNU C compiler (gcc) +"depends" on the package binutils which includes the +linker and assembler. If a user attempts to install gcc without +having first installed binutils, the package management system +(dpkg) will send an error message that it also needs binutils, and +stop installing gcc. (However, this facility can be overridden by +the insistent user, see dpkg(8).) See more in What is meant by saying that a package Depends, +Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces +or Provides another package?, Section 7.9 below. +

+ +

+Debian's packaging tools can be used to: +

+ + + + + +
+ +

7.2 What is the format of a Debian binary package?

+ +

+A Debian "package", or a Debian archive file, contains the executable +files, libraries, and documentation associated with a particular suite of +program or set of related programs. Normally, a Debian archive file has a +filename that ends in .deb. +

+ +

+The internals of this Debian binary packages format are described in the +deb(5) manual page. This internal format is subject to change +(between major releases of Debian GNU/Linux), therefore please always use +dpkg-deb(1) if you need to do lowlevel manipulations on +.deb files. +

+ +
+ +

7.3 Why are Debian package file names so long?

+ +

+The Debian binary package file names conform to the following convention: +<foo>_<VersionNumber>-<DebianRevisionNumber>_<DebianArchitecture>.deb +

+ +

+Note that foo is supposed to be the package name. As a check, one +can learn the package name associated with a particular Debian archive file +(.deb file) in one of these ways: +

+ + + +

+The VVV component is the version number specified by the upstream +developer. There are no standards in place here, so the version number may +have formats as different as "19990513" and "1.3.8pre1". +

+ +

+The RRR component is the Debian revision number, and is specified +by the Debian developer (or an individual user if he chooses to build the +package himself). This number corresponds to the revision level of the Debian +package, thus, a new revision level usually signifies changes in the Debian +Makefile (debian/rules), the Debian control file +(debian/control), the installation or removal scripts +(debian/p*), or in the configuration files used with the package. +

+ +

+The AAA component identifies the processor for which the package +was built. This is commonly i386, which refers to chips +compatible to Intel's 386 or later versions. For other possibilities review +Debian's FTP directory structure at What are all those directories at the +Debian FTP archives?, Section 6.7. For details, see the description of +"Debian architecture" in the manual page +dpkg-architecture(1). +

+ +
+ +

7.4 What is a Debian control file?

+ +

+Specifics regarding the contents of a Debian control file are provided in the +Debian Policy Manual, section 5, see What other documentation exists on and +for a Debian system?, Section 12.1. +

+ +

+Briefly, a sample control file is shown below for the Debian package hello: +

+ +
+     Package: hello
+     Priority: optional
+     Section: devel
+     Installed-Size: 45
+     Maintainer: Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
+     Architecture: i386
+     Version: 1.3-16
+     Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
+     Description: The classic greeting, and a good example
+      The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting.  It
+      allows nonprogrammers to use a classic computer science tool which
+      would otherwise be unavailable to them.
+      .
+      Seriously, though: this is an example of how to do a Debian package.
+      It is the Debian version of the GNU Project's `hello world' program
+      (which is itself an example for the GNU Project).
+
+ +

+The Package field gives the package name. This is the name by which the +package can be manipulated by the package tools, and usually similar to but not +necessarily the same as the first component string in the Debian archive file +name. +

+ +

+The Version field gives both the upstream developer's version number and (in +the last component) the revision level of the Debian package of this program as +explained in Why are Debian package file names so long?, +Section 7.3. +

+ +

+The Architecture field specifies the chip for which this particular binary was +compiled. +

+ +

+The Depends field gives a list of packages that have to be installed in order +to install this package successfully. +

+ +

+The Installed-Size indicates how much disk space the installed package will +consume. This is intended to be used by installation front-ends in order to +show whether there is enough disk space available to install the program. +

+ +

+The Section line gives the "section" where this Debian package is +stored at the Debian FTP sites. +

+ +

+The Priority indicates how important is this package for installation, so that +semi-intelligent software like dselect or aptitude can sort the package into a +category of e.g. packages optionally installed. See What is an Essential, Required, +Important, Standard, Optional, or Extra +package?, Section 7.7. +

+ +

+The Maintainer field gives the e-mail address of the person who is currently +responsible for maintaining this package. +

+ +

+The Description field gives a brief summary of the package's features. +

+ +

+For more information about all possible fields a package can have, please see +the Debian Policy Manual, section 5., "Control files and their +fields". +

+ +
+ +

7.5 What is a Debian conffile?

+ +

+Conffiles is a list of configuration files (usually placed in +/etc) that the package management system will not overwrite when +the package is upgraded. This ensures that local values for the contents of +these files will be preserved, and is a critical feature enabling the in-place +upgrade of packages on a running system. +

+ +

+To determine exactly which files are preserved during an upgrade, run: +

+ +
+     dpkg --status package
+
+ +

+And look under "Conffiles:". +

+ +
+ +

7.6 What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?

+ +

+These files are executable scripts which are automatically run before or after +a package is installed. Along with a file named control, all of +these files are part of the "control" section of a Debian archive +file. +

+ +

+The individual files are: +

+
+
preinst
+
+

+This script executes before that package will be unpacked from its Debian +archive (".deb") file. Many 'preinst' scripts stop services for +packages which are being upgraded until their installation or upgrade is +completed (following the successful execution of the 'postinst' script). +

+
+
+
+
postinst
+
+

+This script typically completes any required configuration of the package +foo once foo has been unpacked from its Debian +archive (".deb") file. Often, 'postinst' scripts ask the user for +input, and/or warn the user that if he accepts default values, he should +remember to go back and re-configure that package as the situation warrants. +Many 'postinst' scripts then execute any commands necessary to start or restart +a service once a new package has been installed or upgraded. +

+
+
+
+
prerm
+
+

+This script typically stops any daemons which are associated with a package. +It is executed before the removal of files associated with the package. +

+
+
+
+
postrm
+
+

+This script typically modifies links or other files associated with +foo, and/or removes files created by the package. (Also see What is a Virtual Package?, Section 7.8.) +

+
+
+ +

+Currently all of the control files can be found in directory +/var/lib/dpkg/info. The files relevant to package +foo begin with the name "foo" and have file extensions +of "preinst", "postinst", etc., as appropriate. The file +foo.list in that directory lists all of the files that were +installed with the package foo. (Note that the location of these +files is a dpkg internal; you should not rely on it.) +

+ +
+ +

7.7 What is an Essential, Required, Important, Standard, Optional, or Extra package?

+ +

+Each Debian package is assigned a priority by the distribution +maintainers, as an aid to the package management system. The priorities are: +

+ + + + + + +

+If you do a default Debian installation all the packages of priority +Standard or higher will be installed in your system. If you +select pre-defined tasks you will get lower priority packages too. +

+ +

+Additionally, some packages are marked as Essential since they +are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the system. The package +management tools will refuse to remove these. +

+ +
+ +

7.8 What is a Virtual Package?

+ +

+A virtual package is a generic name that applies to any one of a group of +packages, all of which provide similar basic functionality. For example, both +the tin and trn programs are news readers, and should +therefore satisfy any dependency of a program that required a news reader on a +system, in order to work or to be useful. They are therefore both said to +provide the "virtual package" called news-reader. +

+ +

+Similarly, smail and sendmail both provide the +functionality of a mail transport agent. They are therefore said to provide +the virtual package, "mail transport agent". If either one is +installed, then any program depending on the installation of a +mail-transport-agent will be satisfied by the existence of this +virtual package. +

+ +

+Debian provides a mechanism so that, if more than one package which provide the +same virtual package is installed on a system, then system administrators can +set one as the preferred package. The relevant command is +update-alternatives, and is described further in Some users like mawk, others like gawk; +some like vim, others like elvis; some like trn, others like tin; how does +Debian support diversity?, Section 11.10. +

+ +
+ +

7.9 What is meant by saying that a package Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces or Provides another package?

+ +

+The Debian package system has a range of package "dependencies" which +are designed to indicate (in a single flag) the level at which Program A can +operate independently of the existence of Program B on a given system: +

+ + + + + + + +

+More detailed information on the use of each these terms can be found in the +Policy manual. +

+ +
+ +

7.10 What is meant by Pre-Depends?

+ +

+"Pre-Depends" is a special dependency. In the case of most packages, +dpkg will unpack its archive file (i.e., its .deb +file) independently of whether or not the files on which it depends exist on +the system. Simplistically, unpacking means that dpkg will +extract the files from the archive file that were meant to be installed on your +file system, and put them in place. If those packages depend on the +existence of some other packages on your system, dpkg will refuse +to complete the installation (by executing its "configure" action) +until the other packages are installed. +

+ +

+However, for some packages, dpkg will refuse even to unpack them +until certain dependencies are resolved. Such packages are said to +"Pre-depend" on the presence of some other packages. The Debian +project provided this mechanism to support the safe upgrading of systems from +a.out format to ELF format, where the order +in which packages were unpacked was critical. There are other large upgrade +situations where this method is useful, e.g. the packages with the required +priority and their LibC dependency. +

+ +

+As before, more detailed information about this can be found in the Policy +manual. +

+ +
+ +

7.11 What is meant by unknown, install, remove, purge and hold in the package status?

+ +

+These "want" flags tell what the user wanted to do with a package (as +indicated either by the user's actions in the "Select" section of +dselect, or by the user's direct invocations of +dpkg). +

+ +

+Their meanings are: +

+ + + + + + +
+ +

7.12 How do I put a package on hold?

+ +

+There are three ways of holding back packages, with dpkg, aptitude or with +dselect. +

+ +

+With dpkg, you have to export the list of package selections, with: +

+ +
+     dpkg --get-selections \* > selections.txt
+
+ +

+Then edit the resulting file selections.txt, change the line +containing the package you wish to hold, e.g. libc6, from this: +

+ +
+     libc6                                           install
+
+ +

+to this: +

+ +
+     libc6                                           hold
+
+ +

+Save the file, and reload it into dpkg database with: +

+ +
+     dpkg --set-selections < selections.txt
+
+ +

+With aptitude, you can hold a package using +

+ +
+     aptitude hold package_name
+
+ +

+and remove the hold with +

+ +
+     aptitude unhold package_name
+
+ +

+With dselect, you have to enter the [S]elect screen, find the package you wish +to hold in its present state, and press the `=' key (or `H'). The changes will +go live immediately after you exit the [S]elect screen. +

+ +
+ +

7.13 How do I install a source package?

+ +

+Debian source packages can't actually be "installed", they are just +unpacked in whatever directory you want to build the binary packages they +produce. +

+ +

+Source packages are distributed on most of the same mirrors where you can +obtain the binary packages. If you set up your APT's +sources.list(5) to include the appropriate "deb-src" +lines, you'll be able to easily download any source packages by running +

+ +
+     apt-get source foo
+
+ +

+To help you in actually building the source package, Debian source package +provide the so-called build-dependencies mechanism. This means that the source +package maintainer keeps a list of other packages that are required to build +their package. To see how this is useful, run +

+ +
+     apt-get build-dep foo
+
+ +

+before building the source. +

+ +
+ +

7.14 How do I build binary packages from a source package?

+ +

+The preferred way to do this is by using various wrapper tools. We'll show how +it's done using the devscripts tools. Install this package if you +haven't done so already. +

+ +

+Now, first get the source package: +

+ +
+     apt-get source foo
+
+ +

+and change to the source tree: +

+ +
+     cd foo-*
+
+ +

+Then install needed build-dependencies (if any): +

+ +
+     sudo apt-get build-dep foo
+
+ +

+Then create a dedicated version of your own build (so that you won't get +confused later when Debian itself releases a new version) +

+ +
+     dch -l local 'Blah blah blah'
+
+ +

+And finally build your package +

+ +
+     debuild -us -uc
+
+ +

+If everything worked out fine, you should now be able to install your package +by running +

+ +
+     sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb
+
+ +

+If you prefer to do things manually, and don't want to use +devscripts, follow this procedure: +

+ +

+You will need all of foo_*.dsc, foo_*.tar.gz and foo_*.diff.gz to compile the +source (note: there is no .diff.gz for some packages that are native to +Debian). +

+ +

+Once you have them (How do I install a source package?, +Section 7.13), if you have the dpkg-dev package installed, the +following command: +

+ +
+     dpkg-source -x foo_version-revision.dsc
+
+ +

+will extract the package into a directory called foo-version. +

+ +

+If you want just to compile the package, you may cd into +foo-version directory and issue the command +

+ +
+     dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b
+
+ +

+to build the package (note that this also requires the fakeroot +package), and then +

+ +
+     dpkg -i ../foo_version-revision_arch.deb
+
+ +

+to install the newly-built package(s). +

+ +
+ +

7.15 How do I create Debian packages myself?

+ +

+For a more detailed description on this, read the New Maintainers' Guide, +available in the maint-guide package, or at http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide. +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 8 - The Debian package management tools +

+ +
+ +

8.1 What programs does Debian provide for managing its packages?

+ +

+There are multiple tools that are used to manage Debian packages, from graphic +or text-based interfaces to the low level tools used to install packages. All +the available tools rely on the lower level tools to properly work and are +presented here in decreasing complexity level. +

+ +

+It is important to understand that the higher level package management tools +such as aptitude or dselect rely on apt +which, itself, relies on dpkg to manage the packages in the +system. +

+ +

+See the APT +HOWTO for more information about the Debian package management +utilities. This document is available in various languages and formats, see +the APT HOWTO +entry on the DDP Users' Manuals overview. +

+ +
+ +

8.1.1 dpkg

+ +

+This is the main package management program. dpkg can be invoked +with many options. Some common uses are: +

+ + + + + + + + + + +
+ +

8.1.2 APT

+ +

+APT is the Advanced Package Tool and provides the apt-get +program. apt-get provides a simple way to retrieve and install +packages from multiple sources using the command line. Unlike +dpkg, apt-get does not understand .deb files, it +works with the packages proper name and can only install .deb archives from a +source specified in /etc/apt/sources.list. apt-get +will call dpkg directly after downloading the .deb archives[5] from the configured sources. +

+ +

+Some common ways to use apt-get are: +

+ + + + + + + +

+Note that you must be logged in as root to perform any commands that modify the +system packages. +

+ +

+The apt tool suite also includes the apt-cache tool to query the +package lists. You can use it to find packages providing specific +functionality through simple text or regular expression queries and through +queries of dependencies in the package management system. Some common ways to +use apt-cache are: +

+ + + + + +

+For more information, install the apt package and read +apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and install the +apt-doc package and read +/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/guide.html/index.html. +

+ +
+ +

8.1.3 aptitude

+ +

+aptitude is a package manager for Debian GNU/Linux systems that +provides a frontend to the apt package management infrastructure. +aptitude is a text-based interface using the curses library, it +can be used to perform management tasks in a fast and easy way. +

+ +

+aptitude provides the functionality of dselect and +apt-get, as well as many additional features not found in either +program: +

+ + + + + + + + + +

+You can use aptitude through a visual interface (simply run +aptitude) or directly from the command line. The command line +syntax used is very similar to the one used in apt-get. For +example, to install the foo package, you can run aptitude +install foo. +

+ +

+Note that aptitude is the preferred program for package management +from console both for package installations and package or system upgrades. +

+ +

+For more informations, read the manual page aptitude(8) and +install the aptitude-doc package. +

+ +
+ +

8.1.4 synaptic

+ +

+synaptic is a graphical package manager. It enables you to +install, upgrade and remove software packages in a user friendly way. Next to +all features offered by aptitude, it also has a feature for editing the list of +used repositories, and supports browsing all available documentation related to +a package. See the Synaptic +Website for more information. +

+ +
+ +

8.1.5 tasksel

+ +

+When you want to perform a specific task it might be difficult to find the +appropiate suite of packages that fill your need. The Debian developers have +defined tasks, a task is a collection of several individual Debian +packages all related to a specific activity. Tasks can be installed through +the tasksel program or through aptitude. +

+ +

+The Debian installer will typically install automaticaly the task associated +with a standard system and a desktop environment. The specific desktop +environment installed will depend on the CD/DVD media used, most commonly it +will be the GNOME desktop (gnome-desktop task). Also, depending +on your selections throughout the installation process, tasks might be +automatically installed in your system. For example, if you selected a +language, the task associated with it will be installed automatically too and +if you are running in a laptop system the installer recognises the +laptop task will be installed too. +

+ +
+ +

8.1.6 Other package management tools

+ +
+ +

8.1.6.1 dselect

+ +

+This program is a menu-driven interface to the Debian package management +system. For woody and earlier releases, this was the main package management +interface for for first-time installations, but currently users are encouraged +to use aptitude instead. Some users might feel more comfortable +using aptitude and it is also recommended over +dselect for large-scale upgrades. For more information on +aptitude please see aptitude, Section +8.1.3. +

+ +

+dselect can: +

+ + + + + + +

+dselect begins by presenting the user with a menu of 7 items, each +of which is a specific action. The user can select one of the actions by using +the arrow keys to move the highlighter bar, then pressing the +<enter> key to select the highlighted action. +

+ +

+What the user sees next depends on the action he selected. If he selects any +option but Access or Select, then +dselect will simply proceed to execute the specified action: e.g., +if the user selected the action Remove, then dselect would proceed +to remove all of the files selected for removal when the user last chose the +Select action. +

+ +

+Both the Access menu item and the Select menu item +lead to additional menus. In both cases, the menus are presented as split +screens; the top screen gives a scrollable list of choices, while the bottom +screen gives a brief explanation ("info") for each choice. +

+ +

+Extensive on-line help is available, use the '?' key to get to a help screen +at any time. +

+ +

+The order in which the actions are presented in the first dselect +menu represents the order in which a user would normally choose +dselect to install packages. However, a user can pick any of the +main menu choices as often as needed (including not at all, depending on what +one wants to do). +

+ + + + + +
+ +

8.1.6.2 dpkg-deb

+ +

+This program manipulates Debian archive(.deb) files. Some common +uses are: +

+ + + + + +

+Note that any packages that were merely unpacked using dpkg-deb +--extract will be incorrectly installed, you should use dpkg +--install instead. +

+ +

+More information is given in the manual page dpkg-deb(1). +

+ +
+ +

8.1.6.3 dpkg-split

+ +

+This program splits large package into smaller files (e.g., for writing onto a +set of floppy disks), and can also be used to merge a set of split files back +into a single file. It can only be used on a Debian system (i.e. a system +containing the dpkg package), since it calls the program +dpkg-deb to parse the debian package file into its component +records. +

+ +

+For example, to split a big .deb file into N parts, +

+ + + + + +
+ +

8.2 Debian claims to be able to update a running program; how is this accomplished?

+ +

+The kernel (file system) in Debian GNU/Linux systems supports replacing files +even while they're being used. +

+ +

+We also provide a program called start-stop-daemon which is used +to start daemons at boot time or to stop daemons when the runlevel is changed +(e.g., from multi-user to single-user or to halt). The same program is used by +installation scripts when a new package containing a daemon is installed, to +stop running daemons, and restart them as necessary. +

+ +
+ +

8.3 How can I tell what packages are already installed on a Debian system?

+ +

+To learn the status of all the packages installed on a Debian system, execute +the command +

+ +
+     dpkg --list
+
+ +

+This prints out a one-line summary for each package, giving a 2-letter status +symbol (explained in the header), the package name, the version which is +installed, and a brief description. +

+ +

+To learn the status of packages whose names match the string any pattern +beginning with "foo" by executing the command: +

+ +
+     dpkg --list 'foo*'
+
+ +

+To get a more verbose report for a particular package, execute the command: +

+ +
+     dpkg --status packagename
+
+ +
+ +

8.4 How to display the files of a package installed?

+ +

+To list all the files provided by the installed package foo +execute the command +

+ +
+     dpkg --listfiles foo
+
+ +

+Note that the files created by the installation scripts aren't displayed. +

+ +
+ +

8.5 How can I find out what package produced a particular file?

+ +

+To identify the package that produced the file named foo execute +either: +

+ + + + +
+ +

8.6 Why doesn't get `foo-data' removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I make sure old unused library-packages get purged?

+ +

+Some packages are split in program (`foo') and data (`foo-data') (or in `foo' +and `foo-doc'). This is true for many games, multimedia applications and +dictionaries in Debian and has been introduced since some users might want to +access the raw data without installing the program or because the program can +be run without the data itself, making it optional. +

+ +

+Similar situations occur when dealing with libraries: generally these get +installed since packages containing applications depend on them. When the +application-package is purged, the library-package might stay on the system. +Or: when the application-package no longer depends upon e.g. libdb4.2, but +upon libdb4.3, the libdb4.2 package might stay when the application-package is +upgraded. +

+ +

+In these cases, `foo-data' doesn't depend on `foo', so when you remove the +`foo' package it will not get automatically removed by most package management +tools. The same holds true for the library packages. This is necessary to +avoid circular dependencies. If you use aptitude (see aptitude, Section 8.1.3) as your package management tool +it will, however, track automatically installed packages and remove them when +no packages remain that need them in your system. +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 14 - Redistributing Debian GNU/Linux in a commercial product +

+ +
+ +

14.1 Can I make and sell Debian CDs?

+ +

+Go ahead. You do not need permission to distribute anything we have +released, so that you can master your CD as soon as the beta-test +ends. You do not have to pay us anything. Of course, all CD manufacturers +must honor the licenses of the programs in Debian. For example, many of the +programs are licensed under the GPL, which requires you to distribute their +source code. +

+ +

+Also, we will publish a list of CD manufacturers who donate money, software, +and time to the Debian project, and we will encourage users to buy from +manufacturers who donate, so it is good advertising to make donations. +

+ +
+ +

14.2 Can Debian be packaged with non-free software?

+ +

+Yes. While all the main components of Debian are free software, we provide a +non-free directory for programs that are not freely redistributable. +

+ +

+CD manufacturers may be able to distribute the programs we have placed +in that directory, depending on the license terms or their private arrangements +with the authors of those software packages. CD manufacturers can also +distribute the non-free software they get from other sources on the same CD. +This is nothing new: free and commercial software are distributed on the same +CD by many manufacturers now. Of course we still encourage software authors to +release the programs they write as free software. +

+ +
+ +

14.3 I am making a special Linux distribution for a "vertical market". Can I use Debian GNU/Linux for the guts of a Linux system and add my own applications on top of it?

+ +

+Yes. Debian-derived distributions are being created both in close cooperation +with the Debian project itself and by external parties. One can use the +Custom Debian +Distributions framework to work together with Debian; Skolelinux is one such project. +

+ +

+There are several other Debian-derived distributions already on the market, +such as Progeny Debian, Linspire, Knoppix and Ubuntu, that are targeted at a +different kind of audience than the original Debian GNU/Linux is, but use most +of our components in their product. +

+ +

+Debian also provides a mechanism to allow developers and system administrators +to install local versions of selected files in such a way that they will not be +overwritten when other packages are upgraded. This is discussed further in the +question on How do I override a file +installed by a package, so that a different version can be used instead?, +Section 11.8. +

+ +
+ +

14.4 Can I put my commercial program in a Debian "package" so that it installs effortlessly on any Debian system?

+ +

+Go right ahead. The package tool is free software; the packages may or may not +be free software, it can install them all. +

+ +
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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 5 - Software available in the Debian system +

+ +
+ +

5.1 What types of applications and development software are available for Debian GNU/Linux?

+ +

+Like most Linux distributions, Debian GNU/Linux provides: +

+ + + + + + + +

+More than 18040 packages, ranging from news servers and readers to sound +support, FAX programs, database and spreadsheet programs, image processing +programs, communications, net, and mail utilities, Web servers, and even +ham-radio programs are included in the distribution. Another 560 software +suites are available as Debian packages, but are not formally part of Debian +due to license restrictions. +

+ +
+ +

5.2 Who wrote all that software?

+ +

+For each package the authors of the program(s) are credited in the +file /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright, where PACKAGE is to be +substituted with the package's name. +

+ +

+Maintainers who package this software for the Debian GNU/Linux system +are listed in the Debian control file (see What is a Debian control file?, +Section 7.4) that comes with each package. The Debian changelog, in +/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/changelog.Debian.gz, mentions the people +who've worked on the Debian packaging too. +

+ +
+ +

5.3 How can I get a current list of programs that have been packaged for Debian?

+ +

+A complete list is available from any of the Debian mirrors, in the +file indices/Maintainers. That file includes the package names +and the names and e-mails of their respective maintainers. +

+ +

+The WWW interface to the Debian +packages conveniently summarizes the packages in each of about +thirty "sections" of the Debian archive. +

+ +
+ +

5.4 How can I install a developer's environment to build packages?

+ +

+If you want to build packages in your Debian system you will need to have a +basic development environment, including a C/C++ compiler and some other +essential packages. In order to install this environment you just need to +install the build-essential. This package is a meta-package or +place-holder package which depends on the standard development tools one needs +to build a Debian package. +

+ +

+Some software can, however, need additional software to be rebuilt, including +library headers or additional tools such as autoconf or +gettext. Debian provides many of the tools needed to build other +software as Debian packages. +

+ +

+Finding which software is precisely required can be tricky, however, unless you +are planning on rebuilding Debian packages. This last task is rather easy to +do, as official packages have to include a list of the additional software +(besides the packages in build-essential) needed to build the +pacakge, this is known as Build-Dependencies. To install all the +packages needed to build a given source package and then build said source +package you can just run: +

+ +
+     # apt-get build-dep foo
+     # apt-get source --build foo
+
+ +

+Notice that if you want to build the Linux kernels distributed by Debian you +will want to install also the kernel-package package. For more +information see What tools does +Debian provide to build custom kernels?, Section 10.2. +

+ +
+ +

5.5 What is missing from Debian GNU/Linux?

+ +

+A list of packages which are still needed to be packaged for Debian exists, the +Work-Needing and Prospective +Packages list. +

+ +

+For more details about adding the missing things, see How can I become a Debian software +developer?, Section 13.1. +

+ +
+ +

5.6 Why do I get "ld: cannot find -lfoo" messages when compiling programs? Why aren't there any libfoo.so files in Debian library packages?

+ +

+Debian Policy requires that such symbolic links (to libfoo.so.x.y.z or similar) +are placed in separate, development packages. Those packages are usually named +libfoo-dev or libfooX-dev (presuming the library package is named libfooX, and +X is a whole number). +

+ +
+ +

5.7 (How) Does Debian support Java?

+ +

+Several free implementations of Java technology are available as +Debian packages, providing both Java Development Kits as well as Runtime +Environments. You can write, debug and run Java programs using Debian. +

+ +

+Running a Java applet requires a web browser with the capability to recognize +and execute them. Several web browsers available in Debian, such as Mozilla or +Konqueror, support Java plug-ins that enable running Java applets within them. +

+ +

+Please refer to the Debian Java +FAQ for more information. +

+ +
+ +

5.8 How can I check that I am using a Debian system, and what version is it?

+ +

+In order to make sure that your system has been installed from the real Debian +base disks check for the existence of /etc/debian_version file, +which contains a single one-line entry giving the version number of the +release, as defined by the package base-files. +

+ +

+The existence of the program dpkg shows that you should be able to +install Debian packages on your system, but as the program has been ported to +many other operating systems and architectures, this is no longer a reliable +method of determining is a system Debian GNU/Linux. +

+ +

+Users should be aware, however, that the Debian system consists of many parts, +each of which can be updated (almost) independently. Each Debian +"release" contains well defined and unchanging contents. Updates are +separately available. For a one-line description of the installation status of +package foo, use the command dpkg --list foo. To +view versions of all installed packages, run: +

+ +
+     dpkg -l
+
+ +

+For a more verbose description, use: +

+ +
+     dpkg --status foo
+
+ +
+ +

5.9 How does Debian support non-English languages?

+ + + + +
+ +

5.10 Where is pine?

+ +

+Due to its restrictive license, it's in the non-free area. Moreover, since +license does not even allow modified binaries to be distributed, you have to +compile it yourself from the source and the Debian patches. +

+ +

+The source package name is pine. You can use the +pine-tracker package to be notified about when you need to +upgrade. +

+ +

+Note that there are many replacements for both pine and pico, such as +mutt and nano, that are located in the main section. +

+ +
+ +

5.11 Where is qmail/ezmlm/djbdns?

+ +

+Dan J. Bernstein used to distribute all software he has written +with a restrictive license which does not allow modified binaries to be +distributed. In november 2007 however, Bernstein said "[...] i have +decided to put all of my future and [...] past software into the public +domain". See FAQ from +distributors for his distribution terms. +

+ +

+As of 2008-04, daemontools, djbdns and +ucspi-tcp are shipped with Debian lenny (in main). As of this +writing (2008-04), qmail is not yet packaged for Debian main; see +Bug #457318 (ITP +qmail) for the current status. +

+ +

+As of 2008-04, publicfile and ezmlm were still not +free software. For ezmlm, there's the ezmlm-src +package in the non-free area. +

+ +
+ +

5.12 Where is a player for Flash (SWF)?

+ +

+Debian ships both gnash and swfdec: two free SWF +movie players. +

+ +
+ +

5.13 Where is Google Earth?

+ +

+Google Earth is available for GNU/Linux from Google's web site, but is not only +not Free Software, but is completely undistributable by a third party. +However, googleearth-package (in the contrib-section) might be +helpful in using this software. +

+ +
+ +

5.14 Where is VoIP software?

+ +

+Two main open protocols are used for Voice Over IP: SIP and H.323. Both are +implemented by a wide variety of software in Debian main. ekiga +is one of the popular clients. +

+ +
+ +

5.15 I have a wireless network card which doesn't work with Linux. What should I do?

+ +

+Buy one which does :) +

+ +

+Alternatively, use ndiswrapper to use a driver for Windows (if you +have one) on your Linux system. See the Debian Wiki ndiswapper +page for more information. +

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Chapter 12 - Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux +

+ +
+ +

12.1 What other documentation exists on and for a Debian system?

+ + + + + + + + + +

+Note that you may access a lot of documentation on your system by using a WWW +browser, through `dwww', `dhelp' or `doccentral' commands, found in respective +packages, or by using `yelp'. +

+ +
+ +

12.2 Are there any on-line resources for discussing Debian?

+ +

+Yes. In fact, the main method of support Debian provides to our users is by +the way of e-mail. We'll give some details on that, and mention some other +useful resources. Even more resources are listed at the Debian Support webpage. +

+ +
+ +

12.2.1 Mailing lists

+ +

+There are a lot of Debian-related mailing +lists. +

+ +

+On a system with the doc-debian package installed there is a +complete list of mailing lists in +/usr/share/doc/debian/mailing-lists.txt. +

+ +

+Debian mailing lists are named following the pattern +debian-list-subject. Examples are debian-announce, debian-user, +debian-news. To subscribe to any list debian-list-subject, send +mail to debian-list-subject-request@lists.debian.org with the word +"subscribe" in the Subject: header. Be sure to remember to add +-request to the e-mail address when using this method to subscribe or +unsubscribe. Otherwise your e-mail will go to the list itself, which could be +embarrassing or annoying, depending on your point of view. +

+ +

+You can subscribe to mailing lists using the WWW form. You +can also un-subscribe using a WWW form. +

+ +

+The list manager's e-mail address is listmaster@lists.debian.org, +in case you have any trouble. +

+ +

+The mailing lists are public forums. All e-mails sent to the lists are also +copied to the public archive, for anybody (even non-subscribers) to browse or +search. Please make sure you never send any confidential or unlicensed +material to the lists. This includes things like e-mail addresses. Of +particular note is the fact that spammers have been known to abuse e-mail +addresses posted to our mailing lists. See the Mailing +Lists Privacy policy for more information. +

+ +

+Archives of the Debian mailing lists are available via WWW at http://lists.debian.org/. +

+ +
+ +

12.2.1.1 What is the code of conduct for the mailing lists?

+ +

+When using the Debian mailing lists, please follow these rules: +

+ + + + + + +
+ +

12.2.2 Web forums

+ +

+debianHELP and Debian User Forums are web forums +on which you can submit questions about Debian and have them answered by other +users. (These are not officially part of the Debian project.) +

+ +
+ +

12.2.3 Wiki

+ +

+Solutions to common problems, howto's, guides, tips and other documentation can +be found at the constantly changing Debian Wiki. +

+ +
+ +

12.2.4 Maintainers

+ +

+Users can address questions to individual package maintainers using e-mail. To +reach a maintainer of a package called xyz, send e-mail to +xyz@packages.debian.org. +

+ +
+ +

12.2.5 Usenet newsgroups

+ +

+Users should post non-Debian-specific questions to one of the Linux USENET +groups, which are named comp.os.linux.* or linux.*. There are several lists of +Linux Usenet newsgroups and other related resources on the WWW, e.g. on the +Linux Online +and LinuxJournal sites. +

+ +
+ +

12.3 Is there a quick way to search for information on Debian GNU/Linux?

+ +

+There is a variety of search engines that serve documentation related to +Debian: +

+ + + + +
+ +

12.4 Are there logs of known bugs?

+ +

+Reports on unsolved (and closed) issues are publicly available: Debian +promissed to do so by stating "We will not hide problems" in the +Debian Social +Contract. +

+ +

+The Debian GNU/Linux distribution has a bug tracking system (BTS) which files +details of bugs reported by users and developers. Each bug is given a number, +and is kept on file. Once it has been dealt with, it is marked as such. +

+ +

+Copies of this information are available at http://www.debian.org/Bugs/. +

+ +

+A mail server provides access to the bug tracking system database via e-mail. +In order to get the instructions, send an e-mail to request@bugs.debian.org +with "help" in the body. +

+ +
+ +

12.5 How do I report a bug in Debian?

+ +

+If you have found a bug in Debian, please read the instructions for reporting a +bug in Debian. These instructions can be obtained in one of several ways: +

+ + + + +

+You can use the package reportbug that will guide you through the +reporting process and mail the message to the proper address, with some extra +details about your system added automatically. It will also show you a list of +bugs already reported to the package you are reporting against in case your bug +has been reported previously, so that you can add additional information to the +existing bug report. +

+ +

+Expect to get an automatic acknowledgement of your bug report. It will also be +automatically given a bug tracking number, entered into the bug log and +forwarded to the debian-bugs-dist mailing list. +

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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 9 - Keeping your Debian system up-to-date +

+ +
+ +

+A Debian goal is to provide a consistent upgrade path and a secure upgrade +process. We always do our best to make upgrading to new releases a smooth +procedure. In case there's some important note to add to the upgrade process, +the packages will alert the user, and often provide a solution to a possible +problem. +

+ +

+You should also read the Release Notes document that describes the details of +specific upgrades. It is shipped on all Debian CDs and available on the WWW at +http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes. +

+ +
+ +

9.1 How can I keep my Debian system current?

+ +

+One could simply execute an anonymous ftp call to a Debian archive, then peruse +the directories until one finds the desired file, and then fetch it, and +finally install it using dpkg. Note that dpkg will +install upgrade files in place, even on a running system. Sometimes, a revised +package will require the installation of a newly revised version of another +package, in which case the installation will fail until/unless the other +package is installed. +

+ +

+Many people find this approach much too time-consuming, since Debian evolves so +quickly -- typically, a dozen or more new packages are uploaded every week. +This number is larger just before a new major release. To deal with this +avalanche, many people prefer to use a more automated method. Several +different packages are available for this purpose: +

+ +
+ +

9.1.1 aptitude

+ +

+APT is an advanced interface to the Debian packaging system. It features +complete installation ordering, multiple source capability and several other +unique features, see the User's Guide in +/usr/share/doc/apt-doc/guide.html/index.html (you will have to +install the apt-doc package). +

+ +

+aptitude is the recommended package manager for Debian GNU/Linux +systems. It is a text-based interface to APT using the curses library, and can +be used to perform management tasks in a fast and easy way. +

+ +

+Before you can use aptitude, you'll have to edit the +/etc/apt/sources.list file to set it up. If you wish to upgrade +to the latest stable version of Debian, you'll probably want to use a source +like this one: +

+ +
+     http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
+
+ +

+You can replace ftp.us.debian.org with the name of a faster Debian mirror near +you. See the mirror list at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list +for more information. +

+ +

+More details on this can be found in the sources.list(8) manual +page. +

+ +

+To update your system, run +

+ +
+     aptitude update
+
+ +

+followed by +

+ +
+     aptitude dist-upgrade
+
+ +

+Answer any questions that might come up, and your system will be upgraded. See +also aptitude, Section 8.1.3. +

+ +
+ +

9.1.2 apt-get, dselect and apt-cdrom

+ +

+apt-get is an APT-based command-line tool for handling packages, +and the APT dselect method is an interface to APT through dselect. +Both of these provide a simple, safe way to install and upgrade packages. +

+ +

+To use apt-get, install the apt package, and edit the +/etc/apt/sources.list file to set it up, just as for aptitude, Section 9.1.1. +

+ +

+Then run +

+ +
+     apt-get update
+
+ +

+followed by +

+ +
+     apt-get dist-upgrade
+
+ +

+Answer any questions that might come up, and your system will be upgraded. See +also the apt-get(8) manual page, as well as APT, Section 8.1.2. +

+ +

+To use APT with dselect, choose the APT access method in dselect's +method selection screen (option 0) and then specify the sources that should be +used. The configuration file is /etc/apt/sources.list. See also +dselect, Section 8.1.6.1. +

+ +

+If you want to use CDs to install packages, you can use apt-cdrom. +For details, please see the Release Notes, section "Setting up for an +upgrade from a local mirror". +

+ +

+Please note that when you get and install the packages, you'll still have them +kept in your /var directory hierarchy. To keep your partition from +overflowing, remember to delete extra files using apt-get clean +and apt-get autoclean, or to move them someplace else (hint: use +apt-move). +

+ +
+ +

9.1.3 aptitude

+ +

+aptitude is a text-based interface to the Debian package system. +It allows the user to view the list of packages and to perform package +management tasks such as installing, upgrading, and removing packages (see aptitude, Section 8.1.3). Actions +may be performed from a visual interface or from the command-line. +

+ +

+In command line, the actions are similar to that of APT, so to upgrade your +system run +

+ +
+     aptitude update
+
+ +

+followed by +

+ +
+     aptitude dist-upgrade
+
+ +

+To upgrade from a preview release, aptitude is the tool +recommended. Read the Release Notes at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes. +

+ +

+For details, see the manual page aptitude(8), and the file +/usr/share/aptitude/README +

+ +
+ +

9.1.4 mirror

+ +

+This Perl script, and its (optional) manager program called +mirror-master, can be used to fetch user-specified parts of a +directory tree from a specified host via anonymous FTP. +

+ +

+mirror is particularly useful for downloading large volumes of +software. After the first time files have been downloaded from a site, a file +called .mirrorinfo is stored on the local host. Changes to the +remote file system are tracked automatically by mirror, which +compares this file to a similar file on the remote system and downloads only +changed files. +

+ +

+The mirror program is generally useful for updating local copies +of remote directory trees. The files fetched need not be Debian files. (Since +mirror is a Perl script, it can also run on non-Unix systems.) +Though the mirror program provides mechanisms for excluding files +names of which match user-specified strings, this program is most useful when +the objective is to download whole directory trees, rather than selected +packages. +

+ +
+ +

9.1.5 dpkg-mountable

+ +

+dpkg-mountable adds an access method called `mountable' to dselect's list, +which allows you to install from any file system specified in /etc/fstab. For +example, the archive could be a normal hard disk partition or an NFS server, +which it will automatically mount and umount for you if necessary. +

+ +

+It also has some extra features not found in the standard dselect methods, such +as provision for a local file tree (either parallel to the main distribution or +totally separate), and only getting packages which are required, rather than +the time-consuming recursive directory scan, as well as logging of all dpkg +actions in the install method. +

+ +
+ +

9.2 Must I go into single user mode in order to upgrade a package?

+ +

+No. Packages can be upgraded in place, even in running systems. Debian has a +start-stop-daemon program that is invoked to stop, then restart +running process if necessary during a package upgrade. +

+ +
+ +

9.3 Do I have to keep all those .deb archive files on my disk?

+ +

+No. If you have downloaded the files to your disk then after you have +installed the packages, you can remove them from your system, e.g. by running +aptitude clean. +

+ +
+ +

9.4 How can I keep a log of the packages I added to the system? I'd like to know when which package upgrades and removals have occured!

+ +

+Passing the --log-option to dpkg makes +dpkg log status change updates and actions. It logs both the +dpkg-invokation (e.g. +

+ +
+     2005-12-30 18:10:33 install hello 1.3.18 2.1.1-4
+
+ +

+) and the results (e.g. +

+ +
+     2005-12-30 18:10:35 status installed hello 2.1.1-4
+
+ +

+) If you'd like to log all your dpkg invokations (even those done +using frontends like aptitude), you could add +

+ +
+     log /var/log/dpkg.log
+
+ +

+to your /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg. Be sure the created logfile gets +rotated periodically. If you're using logrotate, this can be +achieved by creating a file /etc/logrotate.d/dpkg with contents +

+ +
+     /var/log/dpkg {
+       missingok
+       notifempty
+     }
+
+ +

+More details on dpkg logging can be found in the +dpkg(1) manual page. +

+ +

+aptitude logs the package installations, removals, and upgrades +that it intends to perform to /var/log/aptitude. Note that the +results of those actions are not recorded in this file! +

+ +

+Another way to record your actions is to run your package management session +within the script(1) program. +

+ +
+ +

9.5 Can I automatically update the system?

+ +

+Yes. You can use cron-apt, this tool updates the system at +regular interval by using a cron job. By default it just updates the package +list and download new packages without installing. +

+ +

+Note: Automatic upgrade of packages is NOT recommended in +testing or unstable systems as this might bring unexpected +behaviour and remove packages without notice. +

+ +
+ +

9.6 I have several machines how can I download the updates only one time?

+ +

+If you have more than one Debian machine on your network, it is useful to use +apt-proxy to keep all of your Debian systems up-to-date. +

+ +

+apt-proxy reduces the bandwidth requirements of Debian mirrors by +restricting the frequency of Packages, Releases and Sources file updates from +the back end and only doing a single fetch for any file, independently of the +actual request it from the proxy. apt-proxy automatically builds +a Debian HTTP mirror based on requests which pass through the proxy. +

+ +

+For more details, see the apt-proxy homepage at http://apt-proxy.sourceforge.net/ +

+ +

+Of course, you can get the same benefit if you are already using a standard +caching proxy and all your systems are configured to use it. +

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+ +

+These have been, however, rebranded and are provided with different names due +to trademark issues +

+ +

2

+ +

+When the present-day sid did not exist, the FTP site organization had one major +flaw: there was an assumption that when an architecture is created in the +current unstable, it will be released when that distribution becomes the new +stable. For many architectures that isn't the case, with the result that those +directories had to be moved at release time. This was impractical because the +move would chew up lots of bandwidth. +

+ +

+The archive administrators worked around this problem for several years by +placing binaries for unreleased architectures in a special directory called +"sid". For those architectures not yet released, the first time they +were released there was a link from the current stable to sid, and from then on +they were created inside the unstable tree as normal. This layout was somewhat +confusing to users. +

+ +

+With the advent of package pools (see What's in the +pool directory?, Section 6.10), binary packages began to be +stored in a canonical location in the pool, regardless of the distribution, so +releasing a distribution no longer causes large bandwidth consumption on the +mirrors (there is, however, a lot of gradual bandwidth consumption throughout +the development process). +

+ +

3

+ +

+dists/stable/main, dists/stable/contrib, +dists/stable/non-free, and dists/unstable/main/, etc. +

+ +

4

+ +

+Historically, packages were kept in the subdirectory of dists +corresponding to which distribution contained them. This turned out to cause +various problems, such as large bandwidth consumption on mirrors when major +changes were made. This was fixed with the introduction of the package pool. +

+ +

+The dists directories are still used for the index files used by +programs like apt. +

+ +

5

+ +

+Notice that there are ports that make this tool available with other package +management systems, like Red Hat package manager, also known as +rpm +

+ +

6

+ +

+Although this can also lead to systems with more packages installed than they +actually need to work. +

+ +

7

+ +

+Use the debian-list-subject-REQUEST@lists.debian.org address for +that. +

+ +
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+This document answers questions frequently asked about Debian GNU/Linux. +

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