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Original author(s) | Debian Project |
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Developer(s) | Debian Install System Team |
Initial release | June 6, 2005 |
Stable release | 12 (Bookworm)
/ June 10, 2023[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-Installer is a system installer designed for the Debian Linux distribution. It originally appeared in the Debian release 3.1 (Sarge), [2] released on June 6, 2005, [3] although the first release of a Linux distribution that used it was Skolelinux (Debian-Edu) 1.0, released in June 2004. [4]
It is also one of two official installers available for Ubuntu, the other being called Ubiquity (itself based on parts of debian-installer) which was introduced in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake).
It makes use of cdebconf (a re-implementation of debconf in C) to perform configuration at install time.
Originally, it was only supported under text-mode and ncurses. A graphical front-end (using GTK- DirectFB) was first introduced in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze), it is used over Xorg instead of DirectFB.
debootstrap is software which allows installation of a Debian base system into a subdirectory of another, already installed operating system. [5] It needs access to a Debian repository and doesn't require an installation CD. [5] It can also be installed and run from another operating system or to create a "cross-debootstrapping", a rootfs for a machine of a different architecture, [5] for instance, OpenRISC.[ clarification needed] [6] There is also a largely equivalent version written in C – cdebootstrap, which is used in debian-installer. [5]
debootstrap can be used to install Debian in a system without using an installation disk but can also be used to run a different Debian flavor in a chroot environment. [7] This way it is possible to create a full (minimal) Debian installation which can be used for testing purposes, or for building packages in a "clean" environment (e.g., as pbuilder does). [7]
win32-loader (officially Debian-Installer Loader) [8] 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).
win32-loader was born as an independent project, for which only the network version was available. Later the code went through a long review and polishing process to become part of the official Debian distribution.
win32-loader strongly relies on projects such as NSIS, GRUB 2, loadlin and Debian-Installer to perform its task. Additionally, it has drawn inspiration and ideas from similar projects such as Wubi and Instlux.
This article needs to be updated.(December 2023) |
Original author(s) | Debian Project |
---|---|
Developer(s) | Debian Install System Team |
Initial release | June 6, 2005 |
Stable release | 12 (Bookworm)
/ June 10, 2023[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-Installer is a system installer designed for the Debian Linux distribution. It originally appeared in the Debian release 3.1 (Sarge), [2] released on June 6, 2005, [3] although the first release of a Linux distribution that used it was Skolelinux (Debian-Edu) 1.0, released in June 2004. [4]
It is also one of two official installers available for Ubuntu, the other being called Ubiquity (itself based on parts of debian-installer) which was introduced in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake).
It makes use of cdebconf (a re-implementation of debconf in C) to perform configuration at install time.
Originally, it was only supported under text-mode and ncurses. A graphical front-end (using GTK- DirectFB) was first introduced in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze), it is used over Xorg instead of DirectFB.
debootstrap is software which allows installation of a Debian base system into a subdirectory of another, already installed operating system. [5] It needs access to a Debian repository and doesn't require an installation CD. [5] It can also be installed and run from another operating system or to create a "cross-debootstrapping", a rootfs for a machine of a different architecture, [5] for instance, OpenRISC.[ clarification needed] [6] There is also a largely equivalent version written in C – cdebootstrap, which is used in debian-installer. [5]
debootstrap can be used to install Debian in a system without using an installation disk but can also be used to run a different Debian flavor in a chroot environment. [7] This way it is possible to create a full (minimal) Debian installation which can be used for testing purposes, or for building packages in a "clean" environment (e.g., as pbuilder does). [7]
win32-loader (officially Debian-Installer Loader) [8] 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).
win32-loader was born as an independent project, for which only the network version was available. Later the code went through a long review and polishing process to become part of the official Debian distribution.
win32-loader strongly relies on projects such as NSIS, GRUB 2, loadlin and Debian-Installer to perform its task. Additionally, it has drawn inspiration and ideas from similar projects such as Wubi and Instlux.