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~-Translation(s): English - [[fr/DebianDocumentation|Français]] - [[it/DebianDocumentation|Italiano]] - [[pt_BR/DebianDocumentation|Português (Brasil)]]-~
----

Debian is a GNU/Linux distribution, made of thousands of [[FreeSoftware|free software]] packages.
 
 . <<TableOfContents(3)>>

This page is about official Debian Documentation.

There are other [[DebianResources|Debian Resources]]


<<Anchor(debian-documentation)>>
= Debian Documentation =

== For users ==
The most famous for Debian users are :
 * The [[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual|Installation Guide]] (or the [[http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/|development version]].)
 * The [[http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes|Release Notes]]
 * The [[http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#quick-reference|Debian reference]]

Many other Debian Documentation are available at [[http://www.debian.org/doc|www.debian.org/doc]]

At the moment, Debian doesn't have a ''System Administrator'' manual.

== For contributors ==
The most famous for Debian contributors are :
 * the [[http://www.debian.org/social_contract|social contract]]
 * the [[http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines|The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)]]
 * the [[http://www.debian.org/devel/dmup|Debian Machine Usage Policies]] (dmup)
 * the [[DebianPolicy| Debian policy]]
 * the [[http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#devref|Debian Developer's Reference Manual]]
 * the [[http://www.debian.org/doc/devel-manuals#maint-guide|Debian New Maintainers Guide]]

Most documentation for Debian-developer (and package maintainer) are available from [[http://www.debian.org/devel/|www.debian.org/devel/]].

== Official Websites of the Debian Project ==
The Debian Project has a [[http://www.debian.org/devel/constitution|constitution]] and an [[http://www.debian.org/intro/organization|organizational structure]]

On [[http://www.debian.org|Debian.org]] the official Debian site, you can find a section dedicated to documentation.

## By alphabetical order
 * http://www.debian.org/doc - Debian documentation home
 * http://www.debian.org/support - support home

<<Anchor(forums)>>
=== Forum ===
## By alphabetical order
 * [[DebianMailingLists|Mailinglists]] are the main way of Debian communication
 * http://lists.debian.org/users.html - User mailing lists
 * http://forums.debian.net - Debian.net Forums
 
=== Advocacy, developers, inside information ===
## By alphabetical order
 * UnofficialRepositories - a list of non official package repositories. They can be very useful.
 * http://alioth.debian.org - Project hosting for Open Source developers
 * http://mentors.debian.net - Public package repository
 * http://bits.debian.org - Debian Blog
 * http://planet.debian.org - Planet Debian, aggregating lots of Developer blogs
 * http://planet.debian.org/es/ - Planeta Debian, a blog aggregator in spanish
 * http://release.debian.org - Debian Release Management pages
 * http://snapshot.debian.org - Debian packages archived daily since 2002/06/04
 * http://backports.debian.org - Backports for the stable distribution
 * http://www.debian.org/News - Official news
 * http://db.debian.org - Debian Developer Database
 * http://udd.debian.org/ - Ultimate Debian Database
 
<<Anchor(wikis)>>
=== Wiki ===
Debian-related wikis:
## By alphabetical order
 * http://wiki.debconf.org - The pre-2019 !DebConf (Debian Conference) Wiki. For content since 2019, see DebConf.
 * http://wiki.debian.org - The Official Debian Wiki

<<Anchor(books)>>
== Books ==
Many free and non-free books are listed on Debian website.
 * http://www.debian.org/doc/books - Debian Book Library
Extra books could be listed below.
## DO NOT DUPLICATE entries from debian.org/doc/books !

<<Anchor(irc)>>

== Instant Messaging ==
There are official Debian [[IRC]] channels.

You can also use [[Jabber]]


<<Anchor(progs-docs)>>
= Program documentation =

Each software provides has its own documentation.
 
Under Debian (Unix), a program's documentation typically consist of (one or more of):
 * A [[ManPage|manpage]] (type {{{man}}} followed by a command name).
 * A {{{README}}} file, provided by upstream. (A text file located at {{{/usr/share/doc/}}}''pkgname''{{{/README}}})
 * A {{{README.Debian}}} file, provided by the Debian package maintainer. (A text file located at {{{/usr/share/doc/}}}''pkgname''{{{/README.Debian}}})
 * Programs with a graphical user interface (Gnome, KDE...) usually comes with help page (accessible through {{{Menu > Help}}}).
 * Some program provide their documentation as html, or ''[[WikiPedia:Info_(Unix)|info]]'' page.

== Package Description ==
In the package description you can find some useful information, like a short description of the package, a link to the original website, a list of files contained, and more. The package description can be accessed at the url {{{http://packages.debian.org/<package-name>}}}. Or, try "aptitude show $PKG" (you may need to "apt-get update && apt-get aptitude && aptitude update" first).

One of the best places to look for help for a single package or application is to read stuff in {{{/usr/share/doc/<package-name>}}} (especially README.Debian). This is documentation written by developers or package maintainers. It is quite concise, but usually mentions most common problems and solutions, and new features and fixed bugs.

== Bug tracking system ==
Many problems' solutions can be found as bug report responses. A search engine for bug reports is found on http://bugs.debian.org. Remember that if you want to search in archived (quite old) bugs you must chose "archived bugs" option. If you want to look at bugs of a specific package use {{{http://bugs.debian.org/<package-name>}}}.


<<Anchor(contribute)>>
= Contribute to the documentation =

 {i} This is free software, __you can contribute improvements to the existing documentation__ ~-<<BR>>''(i.e. you don't have to write your own !HowTo!)''-~.

If you are interested in contributing to documentation, please check the following resources first, to get some feel for how other people contribute:
 * http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp (most of the Debian Documentation is available here)
 * https://wiki.debian.org/ (Join this wiki and add new contents/translations)
 * http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/recent ([[DebianMailingLists|mailing-list]])
 * http://lists.debian.org/debian-doc/recent ([[DebianMailingLists|mailing-list]])

 {i} Some documentation contents are generated from the corresponding Debian package. If so, you may wish to interact with the package maintainer. Sometimes, filing a bug report for that package using the [[BTS|Debian Bug Tracking System (BTS)]] is a good idea.

If you are interested in participating in the debian-doc group, please see the [[Teams/DDP|team page on the Wiki]]


## SIMILAR PAGES (ideas to attract more contributors ??)
## - http://www.ubuntulinux.org/community/participate#documentation
## - http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/index.xml

= See also =

 * [[DebianResources]]

Translation(s): English - Français - Italiano - Português (Brasil)


Debian is a GNU/Linux distribution, made of thousands of free software packages.

This page is about official Debian Documentation.

There are other Debian Resources

Debian Documentation

For users

The most famous for Debian users are :

Many other Debian Documentation are available at www.debian.org/doc

At the moment, Debian doesn't have a System Administrator manual.

For contributors

The most famous for Debian contributors are :

Most documentation for Debian-developer (and package maintainer) are available from www.debian.org/devel/.

Official Websites of the Debian Project

The Debian Project has a constitution and an organizational structure

On Debian.org the official Debian site, you can find a section dedicated to documentation.

Forum

Advocacy, developers, inside information

Wiki

Debian-related wikis:

Books

Many free and non-free books are listed on Debian website.

Extra books could be listed below.

Instant Messaging

There are official Debian IRC channels.

You can also use Jabber

Program documentation

Each software provides has its own documentation.

Under Debian (Unix), a program's documentation typically consist of (one or more of):

  • A manpage (type man followed by a command name).

  • A README file, provided by upstream. (A text file located at /usr/share/doc/pkgname/README)

  • A README.Debian file, provided by the Debian package maintainer. (A text file located at /usr/share/doc/pkgname/README.Debian)

  • Programs with a graphical user interface (Gnome, KDE...) usually comes with help page (accessible through Menu > Help).

  • Some program provide their documentation as html, or info page.

Package Description

In the package description you can find some useful information, like a short description of the package, a link to the original website, a list of files contained, and more. The package description can be accessed at the url http://packages.debian.org/<package-name>. Or, try "aptitude show $PKG" (you may need to "apt-get update && apt-get aptitude && aptitude update" first).

One of the best places to look for help for a single package or application is to read stuff in /usr/share/doc/<package-name> (especially README.Debian). This is documentation written by developers or package maintainers. It is quite concise, but usually mentions most common problems and solutions, and new features and fixed bugs.

Bug tracking system

Many problems' solutions can be found as bug report responses. A search engine for bug reports is found on http://bugs.debian.org. Remember that if you want to search in archived (quite old) bugs you must chose "archived bugs" option. If you want to look at bugs of a specific package use http://bugs.debian.org/<package-name>.

Contribute to the documentation

  • {i} This is free software, you can contribute improvements to the existing documentation
    (i.e. you don't have to write your own HowTo!)
    .

If you are interested in contributing to documentation, please check the following resources first, to get some feel for how other people contribute:

If you are interested in participating in the debian-doc group, please see the team page on the Wiki

See also