Re: upgrade to slink
Alexander Kushnirenko wrote:
>
> Hi, Brian!
>
> APT is quite useful for package installation. I would recommend to install it
> by hand. Get apt, libc6, libstdc++2.9 from slink for example. Install them
> with "dpkg -i" (first libc6, after that libstdc++ after that apt). Now you
> have apt. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to select slink. Choose APT in dselect.
> You are all set for massive upgrade. Good luck.
>
> lines in /etc/apt/sources.list you may want to include
>
> deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian slink main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US
When I try this I get:
E: Line 8974 in package file
/var/state/apt/lists/ftp1.us.debian.org_debian_dists_slink_main_binary-i386_Packages
is too long.
Whay's up with that?
>
> Sasha.
> > I'm currently running debian 2.0.34 (hamm) and would like to upgrade to
> > slink. How do I do this? I have seen the apt files in the
> > /dists/slink/main/upgrade-i386 section, but am not sure what to do with
> > them. Can someone help?
> >
> > Brian Morgan
> > bmorgan@greenville.edu
> >
> >
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