# Zeek on Debian (15 character title requirement is kind of silly)

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995>\
**Category:** Zeek\
**Created:** [June 5, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995 "2026-06-05T13:10:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_inthe\_box](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@James\_inthe\_box](https://community.zeek.org/u/James_inthe_box)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995/1 "2026-06-05T13:10:35Z")

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Hey all. Topic 🙂 I’m sure Debian 13.5 and zeek will run just fine, my concern is over time maybe something like cmake doesn’t get upgraded, but a new version will be required for the latest zeek (cmake is just an example). Has anyone run into something like this on Debian? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Bannier](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/benjamin_bannier/32/595_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Bannier](https://community.zeek.org/u/Benjamin_Bannier)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995/2 "2026-06-09T12:30:26Z")

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Hey James,

when adding or upgrading dependencies we are conscious of what is available in the [platforms supported by Zeek](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/wiki/Zeek-Operating-System-Support-Matrix). Supported platforms are tested in CI, and we are making sure dependencies can be installed, e.g., [here](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/blob/master/ci/debian-13/Dockerfile) for debian-13. For a build time dependency we could require installing from other repos (e.g., CMake’s published releases, or a PPA), but we realize that this is not ideal and only cautiously upgrade minimum requirements.

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**Author:** ![James\_inthe\_box](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@James\_inthe\_box](https://community.zeek.org/u/James_inthe_box)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995/3 "2026-06-15T16:36:04Z")

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Thank you! (20 character minimum)

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**Author:** ![michelle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/michelle/32/772_2.png) [@michelle](https://community.zeek.org/u/michelle)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995/4 "2026-07-16T21:42:51Z")

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TIL about Discourse character minimum! I just bumped topic titles down to 8. We’ll see how that goes…

![Elmo I Don't Know Idk](https://static.klipy.com/ii/35ccce3d852f7995dd2da910f2abd795/de/5c/PVNB26Ce.webp)

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**Author:** ![James\_inthe\_box](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@James\_inthe\_box](https://community.zeek.org/u/James_inthe_box)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2026, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-on-debian-15-character-title-requirement-is-kind-of-silly/7995/5 "2026-07-20T13:45:57Z")

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Brilliant 😉