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Note: Questions MUST be programming related. Use this tag only if your question relates to development on Debian using operating system API's or Debian-specific features, or to creating packages in the deb format.

The Debian Project

The Debian Project is a project aimed at providing a complete, all-purpose operating system with free open source software. The term 'Debian' is used for the Linux distribution rather then the project. In its most common form the operating system uses a Linux kernel and is packed with GNU tools (officially naming it "Debian GNU/Linux"). The name Debian comes from the names Debra and Ian Murdock (founder and his wife) (1).

Debian is known for its strict adherence to free software (2), its dependency resolving package manager (DPKG, APT), its stability (there are however releases available with more bleeding-edge software) and ability to run on lots of types of hardware. It has many derivatives (2) including the the very popular Ubuntu ().

What should and should not be asked here

Since Debian generally uses the Linux kernel and software also available for other Linux distributions there is a lot of common ground between these topics.

The debian-tag should be used for questions about

  • Creating packages in the deb format
  • Development on Debian using operating system API's or Debian specific features

For other questions there are more relevant tags, either more general or more specific:

  • Developing on a Debian PC (use a tag for the programming languages or tools you're using instead)
  • Using the command line (use or, preferably, the actual used shell like or )
  • Configuration and administration questions should be asked on Serverfault
  • Questions about using Debian or some of its tools fit better on Superuser or Unix & Linux

Learn more

Index of releases

  • The next release of Debian is codenamed buster — no release date has been set
  • Debian 9 (stretch) — current stable release
  • Debian 8 (jessie) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian 7 (wheezy) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian 6.0 (squeeze) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (potato) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 (slink) — obsolete stable release
  • Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 (hamm) — obsolete stable release
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Cron not running on bootup Debian

Whenever I switch off my server, I need to start my cron service manually. I fired a command :- sudo update-rc.d cron defaults Upon firing the above command, it shows the following:- update-rc.d: using dependency based boot sequencing update-rc.d:…
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Connecting to Cassandra (2.1.0) over SSL from cqlsh

i have cassandra 2.1.0 running on Debian 7.6.0 and cqlsh running on the same machine. when i try to connect through cqlsh, $/usr/local/cassandra-2.1.0/bin/cqlsh --ssl --debug i get the following error message: Using CQL driver:
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unable to compile cups (in Debian, using dpkg-buildpackage)

I have downloaded cups source with apt-get source cups, and I am trying to compile it with dpkg-buildpackage. The compilation fails with following error: PASS: All job control files purged. PASS: Printer 'Test1' correctly produced 55 page(s). PASS:…
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Install packages from the Debian Snapshot Archives repo?

The Debian Snapshot Archive describes being able to add the snapshot repositories into /etc/apt/sources.list so that one can install debian binaries using apt-get directly from the archive. This sounds straight-forward. However, when I configure…
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Set mirrors in /etc/apt/sources.list with Preseed

I'd like to automate the creation of my Debian images. Using Packer 0.7.1 and Preseed this has worked pretty well so far, the only thing I can't get right is the content of /etc/apt/sources.list. I want it to be like this: deb…
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Ruby gem installation stuck on Nokogiri

I'm trying to do a bundle install but the installation seems to be getting stuck on Nokogiri 1.6.3.1. The operating system is Raspbian on Raspberry Pi, and the Ruby version is 1.9.3. Here is the output: $ sudo bundle install Don't run Bundler as…
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Installing gstreamer1.0 on debian wheezy (dependencies libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 and liborc-0.4-0)

I'm attempting to install gstreamer1.0 on debian wheezy. sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0 There are a few dependency errors. One of which is an incorrect version of libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 I try to install it: sudo apt-get install…
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Speed is very slow Apache, PHP, MySQL, Vagrant, Debian

I am using vagrant, its very slow, i tried every solution suggested at the internet, it doesn't help. So I decided trying to track the problem, inside the server. Server uses apache, mysql, memcached, php. When I use top, I see that server is not…
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Debian 7, fstab, mount.cifs Invalid argument

I try to mount cifs, but i have got following error and i don't find the error. ~# mount -a ~# mount error(22): Invalid argument I try if in my /etc/fstab //192.168.0.1/ShareRep /home/user/share cifs…
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How provide nested mount of overlayfs

I try mount layer of overlayfs as lower layer next overlayfs, but after two layer it's crash mount -t overlayfs -o rw,lowerdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer0-lower,upperdir=/tmp/test/layers/centos5.6-layer0-upper overlayfs…
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os.setsid operation not permitted

Alright bear with me there seems to be some answers on google about that but I simply cannot get it. I'm running it after two forks in a Django Celery environment. I don't know if these could have changed something but I assume they did not. There…
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Bad Gateway with nginx, mono and fastcgi on debian

I'm struggling with the .NET alternative mono for Linux. Here is my meta data: OS: Debian 7.6 alias Wheezy (as virtual machine; host: Windows 7 Pro SP1) nginx v1.6.1 (installed from nginx repository) mono v3.6.0 …
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Compiling a 32bit binary that uses ssl on a 64bit Debian wheezy multi-arch host

I'm trying to compile a 32 bit binary that uses openssl on a debian wheezy 64 bit host. I've followed what I believe is the recommended approach of adding the i386 architecture and installing libssl1.0.0:i386. Just a simple test program fails to…
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How to create package for .deb file

Hi I have created .rpm packages successfully for fedora FC10 linux. I can cretae .rpm file of my application similarly I want to create .deb file of my application. I want step-by-step approach to create debian packager. Please help me to create…
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How to convert 64 bit .deb file into 32 bit .deb file

deb file of an application. I want to convert the same file into 32 bit .deb file. So how to convert 64 bit .deb file into 32 bit .deb
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