Re: slink --> potatoe (hi dan quayle! :)
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 03:06:10PM -0700, Seth R Arnold wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I recently bought slink from cheapbytes ($12 for 4 CDs! wow! :) so I could
> install it before I get to school... but, it seems to me that it comes with
> ancient versions of some software (windowmaker 20.x I think...) so I would
> like to upgrade to potato.
>
> Is there a nice easy way of doing this? I remember seeing a link on the
> debian homepage that discussed what was involved in moving from 2.0.x to
> 2.2.x (I did that manually with SuSE, an experience that .. I would rather
> avoid again, but I did learn from it. :) -- but I haven't seen it lately.
Install the APT package with dselect (last one you'll ever need to
install :-). Add this to /etc/apt/sources.list (change the mirror if
necessary):
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib
non-free
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main
#deb-src http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
You can uncomment the deb-src lines once you upgrade to the potato
version of APT. It lets you download, modify, and rebuild packages with
very little work. But that's off the subject :-)
After that, run 'apt-get update' to get a list of slink packages, and
'apt-get dist-upgrade' to grab everything. Once you've done that, and
upgraded your APT, then you can uncomment the deb-src line and rerun
'apt-get update' to grab a source index too. Be sure to read man apt-get
and apt-cache. APT can do lots of neat tricks :-)
>
> Without further suggestions, it seems that the way to do it is point dselect
> to the potato directory of a nearby mirror and use that thing to upgrade all
> my packages. Any caveats I should watch out for, or prepare against?
> (Something about bash?) It seems a bit .. hitting the + key too often.
I'm pretty sure that the bash/libreadline problem has been fixed. If you
are really paranoid, download zsh or ash and run the APT install from
that.
>
> And, wrt to the install process -- it tripped me a bit that i needed the
> second bin cd first -- my fault, I just booted the CD and didn't even look
> for a readme file (sitting there plain as day :) -- but it would be nice to
> see documented in the setup. Also, asking questions during the install of
> packages threw me off a bit. Maybe this should be brought up in
> debian-devel, but... it would be nice for packages to ask their questions at
> the beginning, or at the end. as for byte-compiling emacs code....
> (dangerous waters here...) vim doesn't have bytecode to compile. <duck> :)
You can have my VIM when you pry it from my cold dead fingers :-)
>
> Thanks all.
>
> btw -- the reason why I decided to try debian was its users -- many of the
> users evangelize debian, absolutely lauding it. So I had to try it.
Agreed..debian is cool because of the people factor. I've been a RedHat
convert since '96.
> So far
> it seems like the perfict fit for me. the users I have seen mention it
> though didn't carry a holier-than-thou attitude with them -- users that like
> their way of doing things, since many did things the other way before. You
> all seem like a nice bunch of folks. If you keep it up, you will probably
> keep getting more converts. :) (Heck, I liked the idea enough that *I* want
> to be a debian developer -- just no clue what to develop. heh heh. :)
I was a developer a couple of years ago, but stopped doing it. Right
now, there's a major backlog, and the <unconfirmed> rumor is that they
won't accept new ones until after potato's release in November. Check
the debian-devel archives if you are interested.
--
Stephen Pitts
smpitts@midsouth.rr.com
webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
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