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Questions tagged [debian]

Debian is an operating system that is based on GNU/Linux. It was previously recommended by the Raspberry Pi Foundation as the standard distribution, but Raspbian is now being recommended.

The Raspberry Pi Foundation provides a Debian Squeeze image, recommended for use with the Raspberry Pi. This image includes Python, gcc, and a range of example applications for programming and teaching.

For information regarding installation, as well as up-to-date images, please visit the Raspberry Pi Quick Start Guide.

References

  1. Official Debian Squeeze Package List

Common Questions

  1. How do I install new software?
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Why does my device shutdown when it goes to sleep?

Whenever I leave my Pi for too long, especially overnight, it shuts down rather than goes to sleep. Or sleep mode makes it shut down. I see the power LED off. I move the mouse and type on the keyboard and then it wakes up! Only problem is it boots…
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Why is the hostname Raspberry when I search my network?

When I search my network for devices, all my Raspberry Pi's are coming up with the name "Raspberry Pi". How can I change that name? Because when I use my Raspberry Pi's it's easier to connect to a single one with the right name. Currently it takes…
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How to change the umask?

The umask controls the default file creation permissions, 0002 means files will have 664 and directories 775. Setting this (by editing the umask line at the bottom of /etc/profile in my case) means files created by one user will be writable by other…
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anydesk: error while loading shared libraries libbrcmglesv2.so

After installed anydesk_6.0.1-1_armhf.deb I clicked internet->anydesk but nothing happened, so I use command #/usr/bin/anydesk anydesk: error while loading shared libraries libbrcmGLESv2 #ln -s /opt/vc/lib/libGLESv2.so…
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How to use matchbox-window-manager with web browser?

I'm having trouble with running uzbl browser under matchbox-window-manager on a raspberry pi. I'm using it with a 22' lcd screen to display some info (temperatures, graphs, VPS server stats...). What I actually did is: Set up the raspberry pi to…
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Hosting my own domain on Colo Raspberry Pi (Soc)

I'm running Debian on a Raspberry Pi colocated with a static IP address. I want to host my domain and I have a few questions. I run lighttpd and can access my site via the static IP address. Note, this is static content, a few html pages, just a…
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Unaccounted for 16MB RAM. vcgencmd and free showing different RAM available

I'm running Debian Wheezy on a Model B+ which has 512MB of RAM. I've set start_x=0 and gpu_mem=16 in /boot/config.txt and the command vcgencmd get_mem arm && vcgencmd get_mem gpu is showing an expected: arm=496M gpu=16M What isn't expected is that…
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Optimizing Apache, PHP and Mysql

I'm running a web server on my pi at the moment, I run a forum that uses PHP and Mysql. The Average load time is 1 – 2 seconds for a page, I know for sure this can be a lot faster. This is because when I request a HTML page it's there in a few…
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Force hdmi audio output

Quick question i have a rp4 project that sends video and audio through HDMI on tv. late at night i turn off the TV and go to sleep the next morning the raspberry reboots at 7:15 everyday and starts playing music and video but at that time i'm not…
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Is there a way to install "true" debian on a Raspberry pi 3?

I've read that in contrast to older Raspberry Pis, the Raspberry Pi 3 is a true armhf system, and one can use "regular" debian. How would on do so practically (setting up bootloader etc.)
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Install IBM 5250 Emulator

I'm needing help installing IBM's 5250 emulator onto the Raspberry Pi. If anyone could take a look at this link and set me in the right direction that would be great! Currently I've installed Raspbian “wheezy” and have everything working. I've…
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Can i install a whole debian8 for arm in raspberry pi?

Which iso can i download from https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable arm64 or armel ? And dd the iso into my sd card to install os into raspberry pi?
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A lot of users in Debian for Raspberry

I installed on my pi a web server with everything I want, now I want to know for sure that my server is secure. I started to check for useless accounts, I found a lot account in my Debian…
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Kiosk Thermal printer

I'm trying to make the termal printer below to work with CUPS. The supplier emailed me the printer's drivers. Now CUPS is recognizing the printer, but when I try to print out anything, the job state in CUPS displays the message:…
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Partition Format

I am new to Linux and RaspberryPi, but i hope someone will help me. I have installed Raspbian on raspberryPi. But i have some specific requirements on partition file system. Unluckly i did not get any setting during installation of raspbian to…
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