Installation on Debian

You can install openmediavault on a Debian installation as well. To do so, simply install the system using the Debian netinst images. After that apply the following commands. Please do not install a graphical environment, use a minimal server installation only. For a step by step install guide have a look into the Debian minimal install guide.

Debian 8 (Jessie)

Add the package repositories:

cat <<EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list
deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public erasmus main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages erasmus main
## Uncomment the following line to add software from the proposed repository.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public erasmus-proposed main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages erasmus-proposed main
## This software is not part of OpenMediaVault, but is offered by third-party
## developers as a service to OpenMediaVault users.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public erasmus partner
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages erasmus partner
EOF

Install the openmediavault 3 (Erasmus) package:

export LANG=C
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
export APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none
apt-get update
apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install openmediavault-keyring
apt-get update
apt-get --yes --force-yes --auto-remove --show-upgraded \
    --no-install-recommends \
    --option Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" \
    --option DPkg::Options::="--force-confold" \
    install postfix openmediavault
# Initialize the system and database.
omv-initsystem

Debian 9 (Stretch)

Add the package repositories:

cat <<EOF >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openmediavault.list
deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public arrakis main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages arrakis main
## Uncomment the following line to add software from the proposed repository.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public arrakis-proposed main
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages arrakis-proposed main
## This software is not part of OpenMediaVault, but is offered by third-party
## developers as a service to OpenMediaVault users.
# deb http://packages.openmediavault.org/public arrakis partner
# deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/openmediavault/packages arrakis partner
EOF

Install the openmediavault 4 (Arrakis) package:

export LANG=C
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
export APT_LISTCHANGES_FRONTEND=none
apt-get update
apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install openmediavault-keyring
apt-get update
apt-get --yes --auto-remove --show-upgraded \
    --allow-downgrades --allow-change-held-packages \
    --no-install-recommends \
    --option Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" \
    --option DPkg::Options::="--force-confold" \
    install postfix openmediavault
# Initialize the system and database.
omv-initsystem