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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 form 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!

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:

CategoryPortal | CategorySoftware | CategoryPackageManagement

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+== Installing software ==

The recommended way to install new software on Debian, is to use [[PackageManagement|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.

{{{#!wiki debian
'''[[https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.searching-packages.en.html|Debian Administrator's Handbook: Searching packages]]'''<<BR>>
'''[[https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.package-meta-information.en.html|Debian Administrator's Handbook: Package Meta Information]]'''<<BR>>
'''[[https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_search_method_options_with_aptitude|Debian Reference Manual - 2. Debian package management - Search method options with aptitude]]'''<<BR>>
'''[[https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_searching_on_the_package_meta_data|Debian Reference Manual - 2. Debian package management - Searching on the package meta data]]'''<<BR>>
}}}

 * Use a [[PackageManagementTools|package manager]] to browse software categories, sort them, and search through available packages.
 * [[https://debtags.debian.org/search/|Debtags web search]] provides means to search software according to their various facets (see [[Debtags/SearchHelp|Help page]]).
 * Search and browse packages on [[https://packages.debian.org|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 [[https://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/newpkg?format=rss|new packages RSS feed]] lists packages recently added to [[DebianUnstable|Debian Unstable]]
 * [[https://snapshot.debian.org/|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 form other sources ==

Provided you know what you are doing, you might also get software by :

 * Installing packages from [[DebianRepository/UseThirdParty|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'''

 * [[WikiPedia:List_of_free_and_open-source_software_packages|List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia]]
 * [[WikiPedia:Portal:Free_and_open-source_software|Free and Open-Source Software portal - Wikipedia]]
 * [[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications|List of applications - ArchWiki]]

'''Specialized software lists'''

 * [[https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-sysadmin|awesome-sysadmin]] - Free Software for system administrators
 * [[https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted|awesome-selfhosted]] - Free Software network services and web applications
 * [[https://libreprojects.net/|Libre Projects]] - Free and Open Source web services 


'''Software [[WikiPedia:Forge (software)|forges]]'''

 * [[https://github.com/explore]]
 * [[https://gitlab.com/explore]]
 * [[https://launchpad.net/]]
 * [[https://sourceforge.net/]]

== Wiki pages ==

'''List of pages related to software in Debian:'''

<<FullSearchCached(language:en category:CategorySoftware)>>
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== Other applications ==
 * [[Compression|Managing compressed files]]
 * [[iso_image|Managing ISO files]]
 * [[ManipulatingISOs|Mount, view and extract files in an ISO]]
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== See also ==
 * [[DebianSoftware|An Overview of the Software Available to Debian Stable]]
 * [[Manual-Howto|How-to install and configure various software: mail, anti-spam, music, fax servers, wireless cards ...]]
 * [[FlatpakHowto|How-to install third party software using Flatpak]]
 * View [[http://screenshots.debian.net/packages|screenshots]] of packages
 * Find packages by [[http://debtags.debian.net/search/bytag|category]]

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