Debian-Installer

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{{Outdated|date=December 2023}}
{{Short description|System installer for Debian}}
{{Primary sources|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox software
| name =
| title =
| logo =
| logo caption =
| screenshot = Debian10-graphical-installer.png
| screenshot size = 300px
| caption = The language select screen of the Debian Installer
| collapsible =
| author = Debian Project
| developer = Debian Install System Team
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|06|06}}
| discontinued =
| latest release version = 12.7 (Bookworm)
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2023|6|10}}<ref name=bookworm-info>{{cite web
| title = Debian "bookworm" Release Information
| url = https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/
| publisher = [[Debian]]
| access-date = 2023-06-10}}</ref>
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date = 
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating system = Microcosm of [[Debian]], made of [[udeb]]s (loading from [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] is supported via [[win32-loader (Debian)|win32-loader]])
| platform =
| size =
| language = 87 languages
| genre = [[Installation (computer programs)#System installer|System installer]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website = {{URL|https://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,<ref name="skolelinux-news">{{cite web |date=2004-06-21 |title=First distribution ships with Debian-Installer |url=https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/News/2004/20040621 |access-date=2015-04-27 |publisher=[[Debian]]}}</ref> released in June 2004, but is now used as the official installation system since [[Debian Sarge|Debian 3.1]] (Sarge), which was released on June 6, 2005.<ref name="sarge-news">{{cite web |date=2005-06-06 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050606 |access-date=2015-04-27 |publisher=[[Debian]]}}</ref>

== Features ==
Debian-Installer consists of two modes: a [[Text-based user interface|text]] mode and a [[Graphical user interface|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=6.1. How the Installer Works |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s01.en.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.debian.org}}</ref>

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:<ref>{{Cite web |title=6.2. Components Introduction |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch06s02.en.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=www.debian.org}}</ref>

* Detects hardware
* Detect installation media
* Configure the network
* Configure [[APT (software)|APT]]/select mirrors
* Set up user accounts
* Detect other operating systems

==Win32-loader==
'''win32-loader''' (officially '''Debian-Installer Loader''')<ref>{{cite web |title=DebianInstaller/Loader - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Loader |website=wiki.debian.org |accessdate=24 June 2018}}</ref> is a discontinued<ref>https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00003.html</ref> component of the Debian Linux distribution that runs on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and has the ability to load the actual Debian installer either from the network (as in the version in [http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/tools/win32-loader/stable/win32-loader.exe an official website]) or from [[CD-ROM]] media (as in the version included in [[List of Debian releases|Jessie]] CD images).

==See also==
{{Portal|Linux|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Anaconda (installer)|Anaconda]]
* [[Calamares (software)|Calamares]]
* [[Ubiquity (software)|Ubiquity]]
* [[Wubi (installer)|Wubi]]

==External links==
* {{Official website}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Debian}}

[[Category:Debian]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in C]]
[[Category:Linux installation software]]
[[Category:Software that uses GTK]]

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