Re: apt- source.list
When I issue the apt-setup command I get an error message, "..command not
found". What apt package am I missing? Otherwise apt works just fine.
thanks
will trillich [will@serensoft.com] wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 03:49:08AM +0100, Norman Schmidt wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Another apt-problem...
> >
> > I use dselect to maintain my potato servers and fetch my files via ftp.
>
> from slink (2.1) onward, the recommended choise is APT-GET...
>
> > At the moment, my list for the packages looks like this:
> >
> > deb ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian potato main contrib non-free
> > deb ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian potato/non-US main contrib non-free
> > deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security potato/updates contrib main non-free
> >
> > Now I want to add the lines to get the updates. Do I need and if yes,
> > how do I include the paths?
> >
> > ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/debian/dists/proposed-updates
> > (which is a link to potato-proposed-updates in the same directory)
> >
> > Since I use the non-US-version, do I need (and how do I get)
> >
> > deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/proposed-updates ?
> >
> > The problem seems to be that the proposed-updates - directories are not
> > under a special distribution. I do not know how to tell this to
> > apt/dselect.
> > The manpage doesn´t make this clear to me...
> >
> > And one last one: What do I have to add to get sources as well?
> >
> > Thanx a lot, Norman.
>
> main thing to try is
>
> apt-setup
>
> to set your sources.list...
>
> my 'potato' sources.list looks mostly like this:
>
> # 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
>
> # VERY IMPORTANT -- SECURITY PLUGS:
> deb http://security.debian.org potato/updates main contrib non-free
>
> deb http://ftp.digex.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> # deb-src http://ftp.digex.net/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
> # deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
>
> use mirrors that are shortest hops from you (try traceroute
> to see which respond best).
>
> frequently do
>
> apt-get update
>
> and then
>
> apt-get upgrade
>
> to make sure the packages you've got installed are kept sparkly
> fresh.
>
> http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/apt-get-intro.html
>
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