Installing debian sid

In general, mixing stable and upstream Debian repos will lead to dependency problems down the road, judging by thousands of posts on the Debian forums by newbies that have done exactly what you advise, only to realize later that many packages are now uninstallable.

Debian specifically advises against your method. A safer method is to download the deb directly from packages. This does take some skill for some packages, but absolutely will not break anything.

The best method is to compile the package using the Stable tree. I do not understand your APT Preferences. Thank you in advance. Hi Thiago. Thanks for taking the time to post here. Are you already connected to the internet during this install? Hi, Hayden. Kind of you to follow up! Welcome to SID. The fact that you are willing to be patient and figure out you issue is great. Thats the main reason I love using Sid. I really would like to go back to Arch but do have the time yet. If you do try are make sure to check out using the lts kernel.

Check that you have the necessary repository components enabled. For distributions based directly on Debian, there should be a contrib in each line excluding the CD. For Ubuntu-based distributions, there should be a universe in each line. Install GParted and grml-debootstrap. Enter the following commands: sudo apt update sudo apt install gparted grml-debootstrap. Select your hard drive from the menu in the top right-hand corner.

If you booted from a Flash drive, it will be listed as well. Create a partition table. Click the Device menu, and select Create partition table If you are using a computer with UEFI, choose gpt as the partition table type If you are using a computer with a legacy BIOS, or need to boot in legacy mode on a modern computer, choose msdos as the partition table type.

Partition the hard drive for UEFI computers. You will need to create at least three partitions. For each of these, go to the Partition menu, and select New. Adjust the size and type as follows: A FAT32 partition at the beginning of the drive. A "linux-swap" partition second. At least MB is a good idea, but you may need more. An ext4 partition for the remainder of the drive. You can create additional partitions, but you will have to set them up manually in order for Debian to use them.

When you have finished creating the partition layout, click the checkbox. Right-click the FAT32 partition and select Manage flags. Check the box marked esp, then click Close. Partition the hard drive for legacy BIOS computers. You will need to create at least two partitions.

Adjust the size and type as follows: A "linux-swap" partition first. Write down the partition information. You will need to know where each type of partition is, so that you can accurately mount it later. Edit the list of packages that will be installed. You can add other packages here if you know the name. For example, if you want an Xfce desktop, add xfce4 , lightdm , lightdm-gtk-greeter , and xserver-xorg. Run grml-deboostrap. Enter a root password when prompted.

Reboot your computer. Can I use Sid packages on "stable" or "testing"? Where can I get help with Sid? See also Introduction Debian Unstable also known by its codename "Sid" is not strictly a release, but rather a rolling development version of the Debian distribution containing the latest packages that have been introduced into Debian. As with all Debian release names, Sid takes its name from a ToyStory character. In the movie, Sid is the kid next door who breaks his toys and makes nasty creatures of them.

While other release code names progress in time from being " testing " to being " stable ", Sid is forever doomed to being unstable. Sid will always be the unstable branch. When the current " testing " repository becomes mature and is released, " testing " becomes the latest " stable " release. From there, a new " testing " repository will be created with the next planned code name, and packages will continue to trickle down from Sid into " testing " just as before.

Sid is where packages go after they've been uploaded by their maintainer, and cleared for release by the FTP master. When packages have met certain criteria, they are automatically moved from Sid to the current " testing " repository.

The " Unstable " repository is updated every 6 hours. Sid exclusively gets security updates through its package maintainers.