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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
Abstract
This document answers questions frequently asked about Debian GNU/Linux.
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Copyright © 1996-2005 by Software in the Public Interest, portions copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006 Kamaraju Kusumanchi
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Contents
- 1 Definitions and overview
- 2 Getting and installing Debian GNU/Linux
- 3 Choosing a Debian distribution
- 4 Compatibility issues
- 5 Software available in the Debian system
- 6 The Debian FTP archives
- 7 Basics of the Debian package management system
- 7.1 What is a Debian package?
- 7.2 What is the format of a Debian binary package?
- 7.3 Why are Debian package file names so long?
- 7.4 What is a Debian control file?
- 7.5 What is a Debian conffile?
- 7.6 What is a Debian preinst, postinst, prerm, and postrm script?
- 7.7 What is an Essential, Required, Important, Standard, Optional, or Extra package?
- 7.8 What is a Virtual Package?
- 7.9 What is meant by saying that a package Depends, Recommends, Suggests, Conflicts, Replaces or Provides another package?
- 7.10 What is meant by Pre-Depends?
- 7.11 What is meant by unknown, install, remove, purge and hold in the package status?
- 7.12 How do I put a package on hold?
- 7.13 How do I install a source package?
- 7.14 How do I build binary packages from a source package?
- 7.15 How do I create Debian packages myself?
- 8 The Debian package management tools
- 9 Keeping your Debian system up-to-date
- 10 Debian and the kernel
- 11 Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux
- 12 Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux
- 13 Contributing to the Debian Project
- 14 Redistributing Debian GNU/Linux in a commercial product
- 15 Changes expected in the next major release of Debian
- 16 General information about the FAQ
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The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
version 4.0.3, 6 August 2008
Authors are listed at Debian FAQ Authors