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title: Installing Debian
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lastUpdated: 2025-08-14
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slug: ispmail-trixie/install-debian
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sidebar:
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order: 120
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---
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import { Aside } from "@astrojs/starlight/components";
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import { FileTree } from "@astrojs/starlight/components";
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<Aside type="caution">
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This page is only relevant if you will install Debian yourself. If your data center has provided you with a ready
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Debian Trixie server, just skip this page.
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</Aside>
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You have a blank computer or virtual machine? Then simply install Debian Bookworm yourself. Get a boot medium from the
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[Debian website](https://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst). The smaller _network installer_ is sufficient – it will
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download all required packages directly from the internet. Make sure you choose ‘English’ as the installation language
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even if it is not your native language. If you have trouble with the server you will more likely find help when
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searching for English error messages on the internet.
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Most of the installation is pretty straightforward. You don’t need me holding your hand. I strongly recommend that you
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use the _logical volume manager_ (LVM) for your partitions to stay flexible if your server grows. See my
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[article on LVM](https://workaround.org/understanding-lvm/) if you want some help understanding its concept.
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## Partitioning
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These are the relevant paths and the minimum amount of space I would suggest. If you use LVM, enlarging partitions later
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is very simple.
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<FileTree>
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- / (operating system – 5 GB)
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- var/
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- vmail/ (actual emails will be stored here – 10 GB)
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- log/
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- journal/ (systemd saves logs here – 5 GB)
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- tmp/ (temporary storage – 1 GB)
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</FileTree>
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