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DescriptionDebian installation guide for amd64

This package contains the Debian installation guide for the AMD64 architecture, in a variety of languages.

A shorter reference, the installation HOWTO, is included in an appendix.

MaintainerDebian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed BySamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>
Sponsorsthibault@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureall
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/installation-guide.git (browse)
Closes#1034267
Popcon Installs78
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/installation-guide
Uploaded2 hours ago

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Changed-BySamuel Thibault
Architecturesource all
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 16 Sep 2026 23:49:11 +0200
Sourceinstallation-guide
Version20260916
Changelog
installation-guide (20260916) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   [ Holger Wansing ]
   * hu: remove mark, that translation is outdated.
   * New translation effort announced for Hindi; add po files.
   * Bump release name to forky.
   * Bump copyright year to 2026.
   * Change order of partman-md and partman-lvm documentation, to reflect the
     order as found in "Supported partitioning options" chapter.
   * Add missing bug closure in changelog for version 20250803.
   * Mention the finding of installation logs prominently visible in chapter
     headline, so it appears in document index. Closes: #1034267.
   * Hints to recommend a minimum size for ESP partition. Closes: #1141764.
   * Update example partition screen to these century's common values.
   * Add a warning about mailinglist size limit to installation-reports
     template. Inspired by #1107655.
 .
   [ Samuel Thibault ]
   * Add loong64 architecture.
   * Fix timezone preseed example to America/New_York (Closes: Bug#1135233)
   * buildone*.sh: Try to show dblatex errors.
   * Add autopkgtest that builds all languages and archs, but not their
     combinations.
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * Document netcfg VLAN support (see https://bugs.debian.org/433568).
 .
   [ Updated translations ]
   * Dutch by Frans Spiesschaert
.dsc
Sectiondoc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listinstallation-guide-amd64 deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-arm64 deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-armhf deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-loong64 deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-ppc64el deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-riscv64 deb doc optional arch=all
installation-guide-s390x deb doc optional arch=all
debian/copyright
The Installation Guide is copyright 1996 Bruce Perens; 1996, 1997 Sven Rudolph;
1998 Igor Grobman, James Treacy; 1998-2002 Adam Di Carlo; 2003 Chris Tillman;
2004-2025 by the Debian Installer team, and by other contributors. It is
licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.

A copy of the GPL is included in an appendix of the Installation Guide and can
also be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on Debian systems.

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