Re: Upgreade Debian
If you open the file /etc/apt/sources.list with some editor (vi, emacs, ae, etcetera),
you will see some of these lines already there. Just delete slink and write instead
potato (or frozen). Something like (in one line!!!!)
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
Jay Kelly wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Kelly [mailto:neutec@pacbell.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:34 PM
> To: cls--colo spgs
> Subject: RE: Upgreade Debian
>
> Im not sure I understand, I need to add "Http://.debian.org potato main
> contrib non-free" exactly like that???? Will that link work like that?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bt@pcisys.net [mailto:bt@pcisys.net]On Behalf Of cls--colo spgs
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:16 PM
> To: Jay Kelly
> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Upgreade Debian
>
> Jay Kelly wrote:
> >
> > Hey Its me again,,
> > Can I upgrade from Debian 2.1 to something like potato? And if so do I do
> it
> > with agt-get or something..
> >
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> hi,
>
> the choice is yours. (i did it w/i the last couple of
> weeks on my deskbox; it was seamless! and it looks and
> feels wonderful! i would recommend upgrading--imho.)
>
> here's what i did:
>
> 1. i edited /etc/apt/sources.list by adding "deb
> http://http.debian.org potato main contrib non-free" at
> the end of the file. (no quotes.)
>
> 2. as root, i typed "apt-get update"
>
> 3. then i typed "apt-get dist-upgrade"
>
> that's it!
>
> it took a few hours on my 56k connect. (so i took a
> nap.)
>
> have fun!
>
> bentley taylor.
>
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