How to Install the Debian system

If your approach is to install the system on your server, here are the installation steps.

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You need at least a service with 50GB/80GB of hard disk available

Get the CD-ROM

First, you need to download the Debian xx install CD-ROM:

https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst

Boot your server with the ISO and install the system

Choose Graphical Install

Select your language

Select your country. Set the correct country because the timezone will be selected according this choice.

Select your keyboard

System will load components and check network configuration

Set the hostname of your server.

Define the root password

System need to create a standard user, define an user for the system ( the full username )

Set the username login name

And give password for this new user

The installer try to synchronize the clock using a public NTP server

Choose the timezone according to the country you have selected before

On the disk partitioning, use the the first option “ Use entire disk”

On disks partition, the best method is to use "Separate /home, /var and tmp partitions.

Confirm the partitioning.

Confirm changes and the disk write.

The installer will install the base system

On the packager configuration select No and continue

Choose the country in order to get the best software repositories mirrors

Select the mirror

If you use the proxy, type the proxy ( eg http://1.2.3.4:3128 )

The installer will scan the mirror.

If you receive this error, did not panic, just “Go Back”

Select “Yes” to not use a mirror and click on continue.

Select “No” on the popularity-contest option.

Choose the minimal option on softwares standard system utilities

On the Grub loader option, type yes and continue.

Choose your disk that will store the bootable partition.

Installation is finish, click on continue to reboot your system

Verify the system for Artica install script

type “su” and type the root password

Verify that you have minimal repositories by using

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

You should have these entries :

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free

Modify them according to using this command line

echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list &&
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-proposed-updates main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-backports main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo "deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

Verify the command

apt-get update

working without any issue

Run the command

apt-get dist-upgrade

Then, you can install artica using the script