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Chapter 11

Getting support for Debian GNU/Linux

11.1 What other documentation exists on and for a Debian system?

  Installation instructions for the current release:

see

http://www.debian.org/

releases/stable/installmanual

.

  The Debian GNU/Linux reference covers many aspects of system administration

through shell command examples. Basic tutorials, tips, and other information are pro 

vided for many different topics ranging from system administration to programming.

Get it from the

debian reference

package, or at

http://www.debian.org/doc/

user manuals#quick reference

.

  Policy manual documents the policy requirements for the distribution, i.e. the structure

and contents of the Debian archive, several design issues of the operating system etc. It

also includes the technical requirements that each package must satisfy to be included in

the distribution, and documents the basic technical aspects of Debian binary and source

packages.

Get it from the

debian policy

package, or at

http://www.debian.org/doc/

devel manuals#policy

.

  Documentation developed by the Debian Documentation Project. It is available at

http://www.debian.org/doc/

and includes user guides, administration guides and

security guides for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.

  Documentation on installed Debian packages: Most packages have files that are un 

packed into

/usr/doc/PACKAGE

.

  Documentation on the Linux project: The Debian package

doc linux

installs all of the

most recent versions of the HOWTOs and mini HOWTOs from the Linux Documentation

Project (

http://www.tldp.org/

).

  Unix style `man' pages: Most commands have manual pages written in the style of

the original Unix 'man' files.

They are referenced by the section of the 'man' di 

rectory where they reside: e.g., foo(3) refers to a manual page which resides in