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This document answers questions frequently asked about Debian GNU/Linux.
</p></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="basic-defs.en.html">1. Definitions and overview</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#whatisfaq">1.1. What is this FAQ?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#whatisdebian">1.2. What is Debian GNU/Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#linux">1.3. OK, now I know what Debian is... what is Linux?!</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#non-linux">1.4. Does Debian just do GNU/Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#difference">1.5. What is the difference between Debian GNU/Linux and other Linux distributions? Why should I choose Debian over some other distribution?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#gnu">1.6. How does the Debian project fit in or compare with the Free Software Foundation's GNU project?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="basic-defs.en.html#pronunciation">1.7. How does one pronounce Debian and what does this word mean?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="getting-debian.en.html">2. Getting and installing Debian GNU/Linux</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#version">2.1. What is the latest version of Debian?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#updatestable">2.2. Are there package upgrades in `stable'?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#inst-disks">2.3. Where/how can I get the Debian installation images?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#cdrom">2.4. How do I install Debian from CD-ROMs?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#cdimage-symlinks">2.5. Why does the official stable released CD-ROM contain symlinks for `frozen' and `unstable'? I thought this CD contains just `stable'!</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#remoteinstall">2.6. Can I get and install Debian directly from a remote Internet site?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="getting-debian.en.html#alternativebootinstaller">2.7. Are there any alternative strategies for booting the system installer?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="choosing.en.html">3. Choosing a Debian distribution</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1">3.1. Which Debian distribution (stable/testing/unstable) is better for me?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.1">3.1.1. You asked me to install stable, but in stable so and so hardware is not detected/working. What should I do?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.2">3.1.2. Will there be different versions of packages in different distributions?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.3">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?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.4">3.1.4. If I were to decide to change to another distribution, can I do that?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.5">3.1.5. Could you tell me whether to install stable, testing or unstable?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.6">3.1.6. You are talking about testing being broken. What do you mean by that?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.7">3.1.7. Why is it that testing could be broken for months? Won't the fixes introduced in unstable flow directly down into testing?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.8">3.1.8. From an administrator's point of view, which distribution requires more attention?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.9">3.1.9. What happens when a new release is made?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.10">3.1.10. I have a working Desktop/cluster with Debian installed. How do I know which distribution I am running?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.11">3.1.11. I am currently tracking stable. Can I change to testing or unstable? If so, how?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.12">3.1.12. I am currently tracking testing (bookworm). What will happen when a release is made? Will I still be tracking testing or will my machine be running the new stable distribution?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.1.13">3.1.13. I am still confused. What did you say I should install?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.2">3.2. But what about Knoppix, Linux Mint Debian Edition, Ubuntu, and others?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.2.1">3.2.1. I know that Knoppix/Linux Mint Debian Edition/Ubuntu/... is Debian-based. So after installing it on the hard disk, can I use 'apt' package tools on it?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.2.2">3.2.2. I installed Knoppix/Linux Mint Debian Edition/Ubuntu/... on my hard disk. Now I have a problem. What should I do?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="choosing.en.html#s3.2.3">3.2.3. I'm using Knoppix/LMDE/Ubuntu/... and now I want to use Debian. How do I migrate?</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="compatibility.en.html">4. Compatibility issues</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#arches">4.1. On what hardware architectures/systems does Debian GNU/Linux run?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#kernels">4.2. What kernels does Debian GNU/Linux run?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#otherdistribs">4.3. How compatible is Debian with other distributions of Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#otherunices">4.4. How source code compatible is Debian with other Unix systems?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#otherpackages">4.5. 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?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="compatibility.en.html#non-debian-programs">4.6. How should I install a non-Debian program?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="software.en.html">5. Software available in the Debian system</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#apps">5.1. What types of applications and development software are available for Debian GNU/Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#softwareauthors">5.2. Who wrote all that software?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#pkglist">5.3. How can I get a current list of programs that have been packaged for Debian?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#buildenv">5.4. How can I install a developer's environment to build packages?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#missing">5.5. What is missing from Debian GNU/Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#no-devs">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?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#java">5.7. (How) Does Debian support Java?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#isitdebian">5.8. How can I check that I am using a Debian system, and what version it is?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#nonenglish">5.9. How does Debian support non-English languages?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#qmail">5.10. Where is ezmlm/djbdns/qmail?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#flash">5.11. Where is a player for Flash (SWF)?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#googleearth">5.12. Where is Google Earth?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#voip">5.13. Where is VoIP software?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="software.en.html#nonfreewireless">5.14. I have a wireless network card which doesn't work with Linux. What should I do?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ftparchives.en.html">6. The Debian archives</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#dists">6.1. How many Debian distributions are there?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#codenames">6.2. What are all those names like etch, lenny, etc.?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#oldcodenames">6.2.1. Which other codenames have been used in the past?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#sourceforcodenames">6.2.2. Where do these codenames come from?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#sid">6.3. What about "sid"?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#stable">6.4. What does the stable directory contain?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#testing">6.5. What does the testing distribution contain?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#frozen">6.5.1. What about "testing"? How is it `frozen'?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#unstable">6.6. What does the unstable distribution contain?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#dirtree">6.7. What are all those directories at the Debian archives?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#archsections">6.8. What are all those directories inside <code class="literal">dists/stable/main</code>?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#source">6.9. Where is the source code?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#pools">6.10. What's in the <code class="literal">pool</code> directory?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#incoming">6.11. What is "incoming"?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ftparchives.en.html#ownrepository">6.12. How do I set up my own apt-able repository?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html">7. Basics of the Debian package management system</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#package">7.1. What is a Debian package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#deb-format">7.2. What is the format of a Debian binary package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#pkgname">7.3. Why are Debian package file names so long?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#controlfile">7.4. What is a Debian control file?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#conffile">7.5. What is a Debian conffile?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#maintscripts">7.6. What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#priority">7.7. What is an <span class="emphasis"><em>Essential</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Required</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Important</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Standard</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Optional</em></span>, or <span class="emphasis"><em>Extra</em></span> package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#virtual">7.8. What is a Virtual Package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#depends">7.9. What is meant by saying that a package <span class="emphasis"><em>Depends</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Recommends</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Suggests</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Conflicts</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Replaces</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>Breaks</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>Provides</em></span> another package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#pre-depends">7.10. What is meant by Pre-Depends?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#pkgstatus">7.11. What is meant by <span class="emphasis"><em>unknown</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>install</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>remove</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>purge</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>hold</em></span> in the package status?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#puttingonhold">7.12. How do I put a package on hold?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#sourcepkgs">7.13. How do I install a source package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#sourcebuild">7.14. How do I build binary packages from a source package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkg-basics.en.html#creatingdebs">7.15. How do I create Debian packages myself?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="pkgtools.en.html">8. The Debian package management tools</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#pkgprogs">8.1. What programs does Debian provide for managing its packages?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#dpkg">8.1.1. dpkg</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#apt-get">8.1.2. APT</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#aptitude">8.1.3. aptitude</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#synaptic">8.1.4. synaptic</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#tasksel">8.1.5. tasksel</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#dpkg-extra">8.1.6. Other package management tools</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#updaterunning">8.2. Debian claims to be able to update a running program; how is this accomplished?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#whatpackages">8.3. How can I tell what packages are already installed on a Debian system?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#listfiles">8.4. How do I display the files of an installed package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#filesearch">8.5. How can I find out what package produced a particular file?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="pkgtools.en.html#datapackages">8.6. Why is `foo-data' not removed when I uninstall `foo'? How do I make sure old unused library-packages get purged?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="uptodate.en.html">9. Keeping your Debian system up-to-date</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#howtocurrent">9.1. How can I keep my Debian system current?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#aptitude-upgrade">9.1.1. aptitude</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#apt">9.1.2. apt-get and apt-cdrom</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#upgradesingle">9.2. Must I go into single user mode in order to upgrade a package?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#savedebs">9.3. Do I have to keep all those .deb archive files on my disk?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#keepingalog">9.4. How can I keep a log of the packages I added to the system? I'd like to know when upgrades and removals have occurred and on which packages!</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#autoupdate">9.5. Can I automatically update the system?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="uptodate.en.html#aptcacher">9.6. I have several machines; how can I download the updates only one time?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="kernel.en.html">10. Debian and the kernel</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="kernel.en.html#non-debian-kernel">10.1. Can I install and compile a kernel without some Debian-specific tweaking?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="kernel.en.html#customkernel">10.2. What tools does Debian provide to build custom kernels?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="kernel.en.html#modules">10.3. What special provisions does Debian provide to deal with modules?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="kernel.en.html#removeoldkernel">10.4. Can I safely de-install an old kernel package, and if so, how?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="kernel.en.html#moreinfo">10.5. Where can I get more information about Linux packages for Debian?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="customizing.en.html">11. Customizing your Debian GNU/Linux system</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#papersize">11.1. How can I ensure that all programs use the same paper size?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#hardwareaccess">11.2. How can I provide access to hardware peripherals, without compromising security?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#consolefont">11.3. How do I load a console font on startup the Debian way?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#appdefaults">11.4. How can I configure an X11 program's application defaults?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#booting">11.5. How does a Debian system boot?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#sysvinit">11.6. And how about Debian and traditional System V init?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#altboot">11.7. And are there yet other ways of booting a Debian system?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#interconffiles">11.8. How does the package management system deal with packages that contain configuration files for other packages?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#divert">11.9. How do I override a file installed by a package, so that a different version can be used instead?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#localpackages">11.10. How can I have my locally-built package included in the list of available packages that the package management system knows about?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="customizing.en.html#diverse">11.11. Some users like mawk, others like gawk; some like vim, others like elvis; some like trn, others like tin; how does Debian support diversity?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="support.en.html">12. Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#debiandocs">12.1. What other documentation exists on and for a Debian system?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#onlineresources">12.2. Are there any on-line resources for discussing Debian?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#s12.2.1">12.2.1. Mailing lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#s12.2.2">12.2.2. Web forum</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#s12.2.3">12.2.3. Wiki</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#s12.2.4">12.2.4. Maintainers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#s12.2.5">12.2.5. Usenet newsgroups</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#searchtools">12.3. Is there a quick way to search for information on Debian GNU/Linux?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#buglogs">12.4. Are there logs of known bugs?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="support.en.html#bugreport">12.5. How do I report a bug in Debian?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="contributing.en.html">13. Contributing to the Debian Project</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="contributing.en.html#contrib">13.1. How can I become a Debian member/Debian developer?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="contributing.en.html#contribresources">13.2. How can I contribute resources to the Debian project?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="contributing.en.html#supportingorganizations">13.3. How can I contribute financially to the Debian project?</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="contributing.en.html#SPI">13.3.1. Software in the Public Interest</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="contributing.en.html#TrustedOrgs">13.3.2. Other organizations</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="redistributing.en.html">14. Redistributing Debian GNU/Linux in a commercial product</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="redistributing.en.html#sellcds">14.1. Can I make and sell Debian CDs?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="redistributing.en.html#packagednonfree">14.2. Can Debian be packaged with non-free software?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="redistributing.en.html#childistro">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?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="redistributing.en.html#commercialdebs">14.4. Can I put my commercial program in a Debian "package" so that it installs effortlessly on any Debian system?</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="nextrelease.en.html">15. Changes expected in the next major release of Debian</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="nextrelease.en.html#hardening">15.1. Hardening the system</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="nextrelease.en.html#i18n">15.2. Extended support for non-English users</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="nextrelease.en.html#di">15.3. Improvements in the Debian Installer</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="nextrelease.en.html#morearches">15.4. More architectures</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="nextrelease.en.html#morekernels">15.5. More kernels</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="faqinfo.en.html">16. General information about the FAQ</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="faqinfo.en.html#authors">16.1. Authors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="faqinfo.en.html#feedback">16.2. Feedback</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="faqinfo.en.html#latest">16.3. Availability</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="faqinfo.en.html#docformat">16.4. 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