Debian-Installer

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System installer for Debian

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The language select screen of the Debian Installer

Original author(s)| Debian Project
Developer(s)| Debian Install System Team
Initial release| June 6, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-06)
Stable release|

12 (Bookworm) / June 10, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-06-10)[1]

Written in| C
Operating system| Microcosm of Debian, made of udebs (loading from Windows is supported via win32-loader)
Available in| 87 languages
Type| System installer
License| GPL
Website| www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

Debian-Installer is a system installer for Debian and its derivatives. It originally appeared in Skolelinux (Debian-Edu) 1.0,[2] released in June 2004, but was later included in Debian 3.1 (Sarge) which was released on June 6, 2005.[3][4]

## Features

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Debian-Installer consists of two modes: a text mode and a graphical mode. Multiple components of the installer exists to configure various aspects of the installed system, and configuration of some components may require user input.[5]

Regardless of which mode is selected, the installer first prompts the user for a language selection. Some of the tasks the installer performs after a language selection is as follows:[6]

* Detects hardware
* Detect installation media
* Configure the network
* Configure APT/select mirrors
* Set up user accounts
* Detect other operating systems

## Win32-loader

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win32-loader (officially Debian-Installer Loader)[7] is a component of the Debian Linux distribution that runs on Windows and has the ability to load the actual Debian installer either from the network (as in the version in an official website) or from CD-ROM media (as in the version included in Jessie CD images).

## See also

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* Linux portal
* Free and open-source software portal

* Anaconda
* Calamares
* Ubiquity
* Wubi

## External links

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* Official website

## References

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1. ^ "Debian "bookworm" Release Information". Debian. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
2. ^ "First distribution ships with Debian-Installer". Debian. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
3. ^ "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 released". Debian. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
4. ^ "Debian "sarge" Release Information". Debian. Retrieved 2015-04-27.
5. ^ "6.1. How the Installer Works". www.debian.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
6. ^ "6.2. Components Introduction". www.debian.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
7. ^ "DebianInstaller/Loader - Debian Wiki". wiki.debian.org. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

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