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+.. _installation_linux_debian:
+
+Debian
+======
+
+Setup a local geoserver instance with tomcat7 in Debian wheezy/sid.
+
+
+Preparation
+-----------
+
+#. Follow instructions from :doc:`../war` until step 3 and return here again.
+#. Root permissions are needed, to make some changes to the linux system. Gain superuser rights by executing on a terminal: ``su``
+#. If not already available on your debian system, install the tomcat7 servlet container with your favourite package administration tool (synaptic, apt-get or aptitude). This tutorial uses aptitude: ``aptitude install tomcat7``
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+#. Copy as user root the geoserver web application archive into tomcat7's webapp directory: ``cp geoserver.war /var/lib/tomcat7/webapps``
+#. Tomcat should recognize the WAR archive and immediately start to deploy the web application. This process takes some time and depends on your hardware used. Congratulations, your `local geoserver`_ is now up and running.
+
+.. _local geoserver: http://localhost:8080/geoserver
+
Index: doc/en/user/source/installation/linux/index.rst
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+.. _installation_linux:
+
+Linux
+=====
+
+.. warning:: Under construction
+
+The most common way to install GeoServer is using the OS-independent binary.  This version is a GeoServer web application (webapp) bundled inside `Jetty <http://www.mortbay.org/jetty/>`_, a lightweight servlet container system.  It has the advantages of working very similarly across all operating systems plus being very simple to set up.
+
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 2
+
+   debian
+
Index: doc/en/user/source/installation/linux.rst
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-.. _installation_linux:
-
-Linux
-=====
-
-.. warning:: Under construction
-
-The most common way to install GeoServer is using the OS-independent binary.  This version is a GeoServer web application (webapp) bundled inside `Jetty <http://www.mortbay.org/jetty/>`_, a lightweight servlet container system.  It has the advantages of working very similarly across all operating systems plus being very simple to set up.
-
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    windows/index
    osx/index
-   linux
+   linux/index
    war