Re: apt-get sources.list
On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 11:23:09PM +0000, jmj@charm wrote:
> I am trying to configure my sources.list file but am having difficulty
> finding out what URI to put in.
> This is what I have so far
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> deb http://www.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> The problem is with the last line which when I use apt-get says there is no
> such file or directory. The place i found this was in the man pages man 5
> sources.list I have searched in vane through the debian site to try and find
> the correct URI but I must be looking in the wrong place because there
> doesn't seem to be any reference to uri's on the site.
> Please could somebody point me in the right direction on this one
[oh no, it's will again, chanting about his fricking newbieDoc]
hop on over to
http://www.eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/
and check out the apt-get-intro.html doc (or any other that
looks useful). lemme know if it helps.
or,
apt-setup
for short, and if you're adventuresome, try
man sources.list
for an evening of light reading.
> Many thanks
> John-Mark
> sorry about the long lines
it's not you, it's the nature of the beast. :)
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