# When we will see the ITK 5 stable release in Debian?
**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/when-we-will-see-the-itk-5-stable-release-in-debian/2580
**Category:** Beginner Questions
**Tags:** itkv5, itk-releases
**Created:** [January 3, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/when-we-will-see-the-itk-5-stable-release-in-debian/2580 "2020-01-03T15:43:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ZSmain](https://discourse.itk.org/u/ZSmain)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/when-we-will-see-the-itk-5-stable-release-in-debian/2580/1 "2020-01-03T15:43:17Z")
It’s known that Debian, the stable release will only ship stable releases of packages, but Its not there yet, not even in the testing release!
Is there an official responsible for packaging ITK binaries and development libraries or anyone can do it?
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### Author:  [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/when-we-will-see-the-itk-5-stable-release-in-debian/2580/2 "2020-01-03T16:49:45Z")
@gerddie and @SteveRobbins help provide the Debian community with ITK packages, and they may know the status.
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### Author:  [@ZSmain](https://discourse.itk.org/u/ZSmain)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/when-we-will-see-the-itk-5-stable-release-in-debian/2580/3 "2020-01-03T19:12:48Z")
Compiling the source code is straightforward but you can’t remove the old libraries with ease for compiled ones, working with packaged libraries is better. For me, I’m not that knowledgeable about packaging, I hope that experienced people will provide for us the new stable release soon.