#use wml::debian::template title="Getting Debian"
#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/images.data"
#use wml::debian::common_tags
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over
Debian is distributed freely over Internet. You can download all of it from any of our mirrors. The Installation Manual contains detailed installation instructions.
A small installation image can be downloaded quickly and should be recorded onto a removable disk.
You can try Debian by booting a live system from a CD, DVD or USB key without installing any files to the computer. When you are ready, you can run the included installer.
Official CD releases are signed so that you can verify they are authentic, and that your download has not been corrupted.
#these needs work: # which is the folder where people downloaded the image? # maybe we should offer two downloads above: the image and the checksum file...Look for the "SHA512SUMS" file in the same directory where you downloaded the image, it contains checksums of the images. These checksum files are also signed, see the SHA512SUMS.sign file too.
#these needs work: # which "checksum verifier tool" to use? # maybe we should complete english/CD/verify to include instructions # and links to checksum verifier tools for several operating systems. # there is also info about verification in https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verifyWith these files and a checksum verifier tool, you can check that the image checksum matches that expected from the checksum file; and that the checksum file has not been tampered with.
For more information about how to do these steps, read the verification guide.
On a GNU/Linux machine, simply use the cp
command, to copy an
image to a USB flash drive:
cp <file> <device>
where:
netinst.iso
Additionally to the method above for GNU/Linux systems, there is also the win32diskimager program available, which allows writing such bootable USB flash drives under Windows.
The frequent asked questions about Debian CDs include more details on this, and additional methods for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X users.
On a GNU/Linux machine, use
xorriso
for all optical media types (also doable as non-root user):
xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr0 -eject debian-x.y.z-arch-MEDIUM-NN.iso
You can also use the graphical programs Brasero, K3B, and others.
In Windows, you can use InfraRecorder to burn the iso file,
or look for options like ISO9660 file
, Raw ISO image
in your
preferred optical media writer program.
In Mac OS X, after opening the Disk Utility application (in the /Applications/Utilities folder), select Burn... in the Image menu and choose the image file to burn.
The frequent asked questions about Debian CDs include more details, and additional methods for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X users.