a few dumb questions about apt sources.list file contents....
Dear Debianists,
Here is my apt sources.list file;
localhost:/etc/apt# more sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64
Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64
Binary-3 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64
Binary-2 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64
Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
# Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify:
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
I want to add a line to it to get it to get software updates for Etch from
the web i.e. packages not security updates.....
I could use /ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ for example as the mirror...
An example of the apt sources.list file is given in the apt howto guide:
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especially
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
# CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool.
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib
non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
contrib non-free
What does the main contrib part do?
Do I need the source files?
Could I add something like
deb /ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib
to the file and it would work?
Comments welcome
Regards
MIchael Fothergill
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