What's in this directory?
These are files containing the installer and other software
for the Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
The files in this directory are specifically for
the amd64 architecture.
How do I use these files?
The files here are complete ISO images, ready to use.
Once you have downloaded all the ISO images you want, you will
typically need to write them to installation media.
What size and type of media will I need?
The images described here are sized to be written to
writeable CD media
at a minimum, but may be written to larger media if needed.
For extra convenience, these images may also be
written directly to a USB stick. So long as your computer will
boot directly from that USB stick, it should start the Debian
installer that way.
There are lots of files here! Do I need all of them?
In most cases it is not necessary to download and
use all of these images to be able to install
Debian on your computer. Debian comes with a massive set of
software packages, hence why it takes so many disks for a
complete set. Most typical users only need a small subset of
those software packages.
Initially, you will only need to download and use
the first image of a set (labelled as
debian-something-1 to be able to start the
Debian installer and set up Debian on your computer. If there are
more images available here
(labelled debian-something-2,
debian-something-3, etc.), they contain the
extra packages that can be installed on a Debian system (as
mentioned previously). They will not be bootable
and are entirely optional. If you have a fast Internet
connection, you're most likely better off installing any desired
extra packages directly from the Debian mirrors on the Internet
instead of by using these extra images.
There are different versions of CD #1 here to allow for a
choice of default desktop on installation,
e.g. debian-something-kde-CD-1 contains the
core pieces of the KDE desktop and will default to installing
that desktop when used. The default desktop
installed using
debian-something-CD-1 is Gnome.
The netinst CD here is a small CD image that
contains just the core Debian installer code and a small core set
of text-mode programs (known as "standard" in Debian). To install
a desktop or other common software, you'll also need either an
Internet connection or some other Debian CD/DVD images.
The mac netinst CD here is a special version of
the netinst CD image that is targeted specifically at older 64-bit
Intel Macintosh machines. It will likely work on most other
amd64 machines too, but it does not contain UEFI boot files that
some people need.
How can I verify my download is correct and exactly what has
been created by Debian?
There are files here (SHA1SUMS, SHA256SUMS, etc.) which contain
checksums of the images. These checksum files are also signed - see
SHA1SUMS.sign, SHA256SUMS.sign, etc. Once you've downloaded an image,
you can check:
- that its checksum matches that expected from the checksum file; and
- that the checksum file has not been tampered with.
For more information about how to do these steps, read
the verification guide.
Non-free Firmware
This is an official Debian image build and so
only includes Free Software.
For convenience for some users, there is an
alternative unofficial netinst CD build which
includes non-free
firmware for extra support for some awkward hardware. Look under
/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
if you need that CD image instead.
Other questions?
See the Debian CD FAQ
for lots more information about Debian CDs and installation.
The images here were put together by
the Debian CD team
, using debian-cd and other software.
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debian-8.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso 2017-05-06 16:13 247M
debian-mac-8.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso 2017-05-06 16:15 249M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1.iso 2017-05-06 16:15 646M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-lxde-CD-1.iso 2017-05-06 16:15 647M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-kde-CD-1.iso 2017-05-06 16:18 631M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-1.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 630M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-2.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 647M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-3.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 647M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-4.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 573M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-5.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 620M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-6.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 648M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-7.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 644M
debian-8.8.0-amd64-CD-8.iso 2017-05-06 17:35 606M
MD5SUMS 2017-05-07 20:26 5.4K
SHA1SUMS 2017-05-07 20:26 6.1K
SHA256SUMS 2017-05-07 20:26 8.2K
SHA512SUMS 2017-05-07 20:26 14K
SHA1SUMS.sign 2017-05-07 20:28 819
SHA256SUMS.sign 2017-05-07 20:28 819
SHA512SUMS.sign 2017-05-07 20:28 819
MD5SUMS.sign 2017-05-07 20:28 819