Re: Easy question for new user regarding sources.list
Please post this to -user. (For the record, I support the -testing
name change proposal.)
Andrew
On 1/15/06, resonant evil <air.lightz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.. I just installed Debian from a TESTING net install image I
> downloaded, and just have 1 or 2 easy questions that I can hopefully get
> answered and save in my inbox so I never have to ask again :)
>
> 1st question: I seem to be missing alot of packages that I can't get
> through aptitude. From memory, I remember there is a key step in adding
> some additional lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list . Also, I want to use
> current-version software if that is possible.. My /etc/apt/sources.list is
> as follows:
>
> ---
>
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386
> Binary-1 (20060114)]/ etch main
>
>
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot i386
> Binary-1 (20060114)]/ etch main
> deb
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/debian/
> etch main
> deb-src
> http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/debian/
> etch main
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
>
> ---
>
> I thought I remembered having many more lines than that, but am sorry that
> I have forgotten what they are.. I tried googling around 'debian etch
> sources.list' and things like that, but nothing that I could find that
> explained the process :( The reason I think I am missing key packages is
> because basic things like 'ncurses' or 'ncurses-devel' for me to even do a
> 'make menuconfig' for my kernel are missing and can't be obtained through
> aptitude :-(
>
> And I suppose the second question is, this version I am using is ETCH,
> which is one version behind SID right? Is SID too unstable for me to use?
> I'd really like to try things like the new Gnome or the newest versions of
> KDE, and programs like gaim beta 2.0+ which require the newest versions of
> GTK and such..
>
> Sorry for the newbie questions but I'm just a new user still trying to
> learn the ropes :(
>
> Thanks in advance all, and any help would be greatly appreciated :-)
>
> -Ryan
>
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