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Installing software
The recommended way to install new software on Debian, is to use Package Management tools to install packages from the official repositories. These repositories should contain most of the software you will want to install, allowing you not to rely on external sources.
Finding Software
There are several ways to learn what software included in Debian can cover your specific needs.
Debian Administrator's Handbook: Searching packages
Debian Administrator's Handbook: Package Meta Information
Debian Reference Manual - 2. Debian package management - Search method options with aptitude
Debian Reference Manual - 2. Debian package management - Searching on the package meta data
Use a package manager to browse software categories, sort them, and search through available packages.
Debtags web search provides means to search software according to their various facets (see Help page).
Search and browse packages on packages.debian.org. Each package may have a list of "recommended", "suggested" packages which complement the main package, and a list of packages with similar functionality. The new packages RSS feed lists packages recently added to Debian Unstable
snapshot.debian.org - the snapshot archive allows access to all past and current packages in the Debian archive based on dates and version numbers.
Installing software from other sources
Provided you know what you are doing, you might also get software by :
Installing packages from unofficial/third-party repositories
- Downloading and running ready-to-use binaries
- Building the software from sources.
Deploying software in containers such as Docker
Using other package managers such as FlatPak, Nix/Guix...
writing your own!
See also
http://screenshots.debian.net/packages - Screenshots of packages
WhyTheName, because we all wonder where does software names come from
DebianSoftware - An Overview of the Software Available to Debian Stable
BTS - Bugs in debian software
FlatpakHowto - How to install third party software using Flatpak
WNPP - list of packages requested for packaging and/or looking for maintainers
WindowsEquivalent - Equivalents to Windows software
Other software lists
Generic software lists
Specialized software lists
awesome-sysadmin - Free Software for system administrators
awesome-selfhosted - Free Software network services and web applications
Libre Projects - Free and Open Source web services
Software forges
Wiki pages
List of pages related to software in Debian:
- Amarok
- Ampache
- Apache
- AppArmor
- AptCLI
- AptCacherNg
- AptConfiguration
- AptProtocol
- Aptitude
- Ardour
- AutoConf
- AutoMake
- AutomaticPackagingTools
- BackupAndRecovery
- Bash
- BashColors
- Bind9
- BitTorrent
- Boot-Info
- Boot-Repair
- BrowserApps
- BurnCd
- CDDVDTools
- CategoryDesktopApplication
- CheckInstall
- ChineseInputMethod
- Chromium
- Clementine
- CoinOr
- Compiz
- Compression
- Console
- ConvertCVStosvn
- Cordova
- Cupt
- D
- DDNS
- DHCP_Server
- DatabaseServers
- DebianAlternatives
- DebianDesktop
- DebianEdu/HowTo/BackupPC
- DebianGNUstep
- DebianInstaller
- DebianKVMGuests
- DebianNPDatabases
- DebianPackageManagement
- DebianSecurity/debsecan
- DebianSpamAssassin
- DebianTcl
- DefaultWebBrowser
- DiskImage
- DisplayManager
- Distcc
- Docker
- Dovecot
- Duplicity
- DvdRwTools
- EduKstars
- EduSoundtracker
- EduXtide
- Edutainment
- Emulator
- EtchApache2DefineSSL
- Evolution
- Exim4ATTUverse
- Exim4Gmail
- EximSendThroughSSH
- FAI
- FTP
- FakeRoot
- Falkon
- FastTrack
- FileManager
- Firefox
- Flatpak
- FluxBox
- FreeSoftwareFoundation
- FreedomBox
- GIMP
- GNOME-DB
- GNU
- GPL
- GTK
- Game
- Gnome
- Groupware
- HostingControlPanels
- HowtoRecordVNC
- I18n/Fcitx5
- I18n/LanguagePacks
- Icedove
- ImapProxy
- InstantMessaging
- IrcClients
- JACK
- Java/OmegaT
- KDE
- KVM
- Kodi
- Konqueror
- LDAP
- LDAP/AutoFSSetup
- LDAP/ExampleEntries
- LDAP/Kerberos
- LDAP/LDAPUtils
- LDAP/MigrationTools
- LDAP/OpenLDAPSetup
- LDAP/PAM
- LDAP/PowerDNSSetup
- LDAP/phpldapadmin
- LTSP/Epoptes
- LXC
- LaMp
- Latex
- LetsEncrypt
- Lguest
- LibreOffice
- LightDM
- Lighttpd
- Lustre
- Lynx
- MATE
- MDA
- MPlayer
- MUA
- MailApps
- Make
- Mame
- ManipulatingISOs
- Manual-Howto
- Mariadb
- Matrix
- Mozilla
- Multimedia
- MultimediaCodecs
- MultimediaFetchingTools
- Mupen64Plus
- MySql
- NFS
- NFSServerSetup
- NFSTroubleshooting
- NTP
- Nautilus
- NetworkApplication
- NetworkManager
- NetworkMonitoring
- NewsAggregator
- OSM/tileserver
- OSS
- OfficeApplication
- OpenPGP
- OpenStack
- OpenVz
- Openbox
- Opera
- POSIX
- PackageManagement
- PackageManagementTools
- Pan
- Parted
- Peer2Peer
- PentiumBuilder
- Picard
- PipeWire
- PkgNagios
- Po4a
- Podman
- PostfixAndSASL
- PostgreSql
- ProgrammingApplication
- Prosody
- PulseAudio
- Python
- QEMU
- Rdesktop
- Redmine
- RemoteDesktop
- RemoteFiles
- Rhythmbox
- Ripping
- Rsyslog
- Rust
- SSH
- SVNAdministrationTutorial
- SVNTutorial
- Samba
- Samba/BuildingALinuxDomain
- Samba/ClientSetup
- Samba/DcWithLdapBackend
- Samba/Dirvish
- Samba/DomainController
- Samba/FreeRadiusToLdap
- Samba/LinuxDomainClients
- Samba/ServerSimple
- Samba/WindowsPginaClient
- Sandbox
- Schroot
- Screensaver
- Seahorse
- Seamonkey
- SecuringNFS
- SecurityApplication
- Shell
- ShellConfiguration
- ShellToolTricks
- Software
- Subtitle
- Subversion
- Sympa
- Synaptic
- SystemBuildTools
- SystemVirtualization
- TFTP
- TerminalEmulator
- TextEditor
- ThomasChung/CloudImage
- ThomasChung/WebConsole
- Thunderbird
- TorBrowser
- Transmission
- Unison
- UseNet
- UsenetApps
- UserModeLinux
- UsingSCAP
- VDR
- VLC
- VMBuilder
- VMware
- VNCviewer
- VersionControlSystem
- VirtualBox
- WNPP
- WebBrowsers
- WebServers
- WhyTheName
- WindowManager
- WindowsEquivalent
- WindowsServerHyperV
- Wine
- WordPress
- XCP
- XMPP
- Xfce
- ZNC
- Zope
- bn/ProgrammingApplication
- bn/Software
- cdrecord
- coreutils
- dansguardian
- de/PDF
- dnsmasq
- dpkg
- dselect
- ekiga
- euca2ools
- fr/Apache
- fr/GIMP
- freedict
- git
- gmdb2
- gmusicbrowser
- gnome-chinese-input
- hu/FreedomBox
- irssi
- it/GIMP
- it/HowToReconfigureCryptSetup
- it/Picard
- libvirt
- light-locker
- minidlna
- mpd
- ms/ProgrammingApplication
- ms/Software
- msmtp
- netconf
- nginx/FastCGI
- nspawn
- nullmailer
- opendkim
- plymouth
- po
- reportbug
- ru/Plymouth
- sSMTP
- screen
- ungoogled-chromium
- vim
- w3m
- zh_CN/ChineseInputMethod
- zh_CN/Chromium
- zh_CN/Game
- zh_CN/I18n/Fcitx5
- zh_CN/KDE
- zh_CN/Multimedia
- zh_CN/NetworkApplication
- zh_CN/OfficeApplication
- zh_CN/Opera
- zh_CN/PipeWire
- zh_CN/ProgrammingApplication
- zh_CN/Software
- zh_CN/TextEditor
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