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There a 3 distributions at the same time:

• unstable (sid) with the latest versions of the softwares
• testing
• stable

Backports are ports from software coming from unstable or testing for stable.

• http://www.backports.org/
• http://debian.home-dn.net/

• http://www.apt-get.org/ where to find unofficial packages
• http://www.dotdeb.org/ unofficial packages for PHP, MySQL, qmail

There are several front-ends:

• command line with apt (cf. APT HOWTO)
• text menu with aptitude (or command line)
• GUI with synaptic or gnome-apt
• Using APT with more than 2 sources
• aptitude vs apt-get, 12/08/2007
• cleanup: Removing unnecessary packages with deborphan:

deborphan | sudo xargs apt-get remove -y

• Formation Debian GNU/Linux par Alexis de Lattre, sans aucun doute la meilleure ressource en français

• Fully Automatic Installation (FAI)
  • Rolling Out Unattended Debian Installations (Part 1): Requirements and Overview by Carla Schroder, 06/12/04
  • Rolling Out Unattended Debian Installations (Part 2): Giving Clients The Boot by Carla Schroder, 13/12/04
• Server Monitoring With munin And monit On Debian Etch, 24/04/07

• http://www.kclee.com/clemens/unix/HowToCreateYourOwnDebianPackage.html (30/11/2002)
• http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debpkg.html (10/07/2003)
• http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8047723203.html (24/10/2003)
• How to make a Debian package without using a helper (09/01/2005)
• Automatic Debian Package Repository HOWTO
• Debian Repository HOWTO
• building packages section of Debian Administration

• Quelques trucs pour Debian 3.0: aptitude, les versions Debian, compilation noyau, etc.
• Comment utiliser Knoppix pour installer une distribution Debian?
• Install a Debian Woody with GNOME 2.2 and OOo 1.1
• Debian Administration
• Problème apt-get et dselect

dpkg --get-selections | grep "	install$"

http://web.archive.org/web/20030708222323/home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=89775&ck=&userid=1&userpw=.&uh=1,0,

aptitude install debootstrap
mkdir /sid-root
debootstrap sid /sid-root http://ftp.debian.org/debian/
#output:
...
I: Base system installed successfully.
umount: /sid-root/dev/pts: not mounted
umount: /sid-root/dev/shm: not mounted
umount: /sid-root/proc/bus/usb: not mounted

echo "proc-sid /sid-root/proc proc none 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
mount proc-sid /sid-root/proc -t proc
cp /etc/hosts /sid-root/etc/hosts
chroot /sid-root /bin/bash
# on est dans la geole
#fix sources.list
apt-setup
# changer sarge en unstable
vi /etc/apt/sources.list

# changer le password de root
passwd root

#pour avoir un login sur F10
# attention: pas dans la geole!
echo "10:23:respawn:/usr/sbin/chroot /sid-root "\
"/sbin/getty 38400 tty10" >> /etc/inittab
init q

• Debian Common Core
• Présentations Debian au FOSDEM 2007 (en anglais)