Re: installing from debian-gis on LMDE (MATE)

[Agustin Lobo <alobolistas@gmail.com>]

I've followed directions from the page you suggest
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2544

and included
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main
contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

in my source.list file, which was otherwise empty.
I've updated by following instructions there, but while grass is
present I still do not see qgis available in Synaptic.

I sent a message to the lmde list
(last message in the
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=176066&p=909941#p909941
thread)
but got no answer.

I thought that once had lmde as debian testing I would get all
packages offered by debangis.
Am I missing some reposotiories?

Agus


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Agustin Lobo <alobolistas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for your advice.
> I'm now very confused as I thought I had got Debian testing Jessie
> with my installation of LMDE
> few weeks ago. I'm consulting in the LMDE list and will report back.
> Best,
> Agus
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg
> <sebastic@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> On 08/19/2014 12:25 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>>> For something that claims to be a "semi-rolling distribution" their
>>> testing snapshot is hopelessly outdated. Switching to Debian testing
>>> proper is claimed to be supported:
>>>
>>> "
>>> Updates are constantly fed to Debian Testing, where users experience
>>> frequent regressions but also frequent bug fixes and improvements. LMDE
>>> receives "Update Packs" which are tested snapshots of Debian Testing.
>>> Users can experience a more stable system thanks to update packs, or
>>> switch their sources to follow Testing, or even Unstable, directly to
>>> get more frequent updates.
>>> "
>>
>> They have apparently realized this themselves:
>>
>> "
>> After a long reflection and many discussions the decision was made to
>> switch Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) from its current snapshot cycle
>> to a Debian Stable package base. The transition from Update Pack 8 to
>> Debian Jessie should be smooth and similar to a traditional UP upgrade,
>> in sync with the upstream Jessie freeze planned for November this year.
>> "
>>
>> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2671
>>
>>
>> They've documented how to switch from the now obsolete Update Packs to
>> Debian testing proper, see:
>>
>> http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2544
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Bas
>>
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