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Re: sources.list entry for KDE - how to construct?



On Thu, Oct 14, 1999 at 11:09:36AM -0500, Brian Boonstra wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 	I'm not stupid, but I feel that way sometimes; I seem to be unable  
> to get my sources.list right for KDE.   Examining the lynx -dump command (see  
> below), we find that the Packages.gz file resides in the same place as all  
> the .deb files.  According to my understanding, apt-get looks for the  
> Packages.gz file in the second field (URI) of the sources.list, and the .deb  
> files themselves in the third field (distribution).  So I reckon my entry  
> should look like this:
> 
> deb ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386 /
> 
> 
> which totally does not work, or like this
> 
> deb ftp://ftp.us.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato i386/
> 
> which seems happy, but then doesn't show the packages as available for  
> dselect.  Has anyone worked this out?
> 
>
Ho,

a good hint from someone was:

deb http://sunsite.tut.fi/ftp/Mirror/debian/ruins.tdyc.com/pub potato kde contrib rkrusty kde2


it works for me - from germany

Ingo


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