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Installing
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Because Debian is a complete Operating System, the installation procedure
may seem a bit unusual. You can install Debian GNU/Linux either
next to your current OS, or as only OS on your computer.
Read the Installation Manual, on this CD at
/install/doc/install.en.html
(English version).
Translations of the Installation Manual, and plain-text and PDF
versions, are also available in the
/install/doc
directory, along with various other documents.
Programs and other files that are needed for the installation can be found on
this CD under
/dists/potato/main/disks-ARCH
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For the impatient ones:
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#if ARCHi386 || ARCHalpha || ARCHsparc
you can start the installation program easily by booting off this CD-ROM.
Note that not all (esp. older) systems support this.
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#if ARCHi386 || ARCHpowerpc
#if ARCHi386
You can also
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you can
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examine the
/install
directory; you might be able to start the installation system directly
from there.
#endif
#else
The installation tools of the Debian Operating System are located on the
Binary-1 CD.
See the README on that CD for more info.
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Upgrading
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=========
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If you are already running an older version of the Debian GNU/Linux
Operating System, you may want to upgrade to version 2.2.
Upgrading procedures, and things needed for the upgrade, can be found on
this CD in the
/upgrade
directory.
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Procedures describing the upgrade from an older version of the Debian
Operating System are also located on the Binary-1 CD.
See the README on that CD for more info.
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Last-Minute Notes
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-
It is possible to run a Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 system with a new Linux kernel
version 2.4.x. For that, you may need to upgrade one or more software
packages to a newer version than available on this CD. Read
http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html
for more information.
Note that Debian does not officially recommend running a Linux kernel 2.4.x
at this moment.
-
The K Desktop Environment (KDE) version 2 was not finished when Debian 2.2
was released, and is therefore not included. However, KDE2 packages
for Debian 2.2 are available for download at
http://kde.debian.net .
-
At this moment, there are no Debian 2.2 packages available of the recently
released version 4.0 of XFree86 (the open-source implementation of the X Window
System). If you really need to run XFree86 4, you have to (partially)
upgrade your system to the "testing" or "unstable"
distribution.
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The Linux kernel version 2.2.15 on these CDs has been patched
to correct the seteuid problem with the fix from 2.2.16.
#endif
-
More last-minutes notes for this CD may be available on
http://www.debian.org/CD/releases/
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Using CDs with Dselect and Apt
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==============================
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After installing or upgrading, Debian's packaging system can use CD-ROMs,
local collections, or networked servers (FTP, HTTP) to automatically
install software from (.deb packages). This is done
preferably with the `apt' and `dselect' programs. If you do not already
know how to setup these, here is a brief explanation.
#define CDROMreadme 1
#include "apt-setup.html.in"
Once this is done, you can install packages from the commandline using
apt-get. For example, if you want to install the packages
`commprog' and `maxgame', you can give the command
apt-get install commprog maxgame
Note that you don't have to enter the complete path, or the
`.deb' extension. `Apt' will figure this out itself.
`Dselect' is also able to use `apt' to fetch the packages. To set
up `dselect', choose [A]ccess in the main menu, and then select
`apt'. The sources.list file should be okay already, so don't let
the program make a new one. Then, after an [U]pdate, the configuration is
ready. You can just keep using [S]elect and [I]nstall to install packages.
See dselect's online help screens for more information (use the
`?' key).
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Non-free and Non-US
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===================
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The package sections `non-free' and `non-US' contain packages that either
have a restrictive license, or can't be exported from the US (like `pgp'
or `ssh'). It may well be that this CD does not contain (all of) these
packages. You can get them from our FTP/HTTP mirror sites.
`Non-free' packages are on our "regular" mirrors, listed in
README.mirrors.html on this CD, or on
http://www.debian.org/distrib/ftplist ("Full list of mirrors").
`Non-US' packages are on special mirrors outside the US, listed in
README.non-US on this CD, or on
http://www.debian.org/misc/README.non-US.
Note that you are allowed to import non-US packages into the US.
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CD Manufacturers
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================
#endif
You are completely free to manufacture and (re-)distribute CD-ROMs of the
Debian GNU/Linux Operating System, like this one. There is no charge from
us (but of course donations are always welcome).
For all needed information, and contact addresses, please refer to
http://www.debian.org/CD/
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More Information
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================
#endif
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There is much more information present on this CD. Besides the already
mentioned installation and upgrading procedures, this is the most
interesting:
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The Binary-1 CD contains much more information about various aspects
of the Debian Operating System and the Debian organization.
See the README on that CD for more info.
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Also on the Internet are many resources. To name a few:
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See the Debian
contact page
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(http://www.debian.org/contact)
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for information on contacting us.
Last Modified: Wed Apr 18 19:09:34 CEST 2001
