Re: Old Release
On Monday 20 Dec 2004 16:53, Muhammad Reza wrote:
> >Ok, you are asking two questions here, Before answering them, can I
> > point you at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html which will
> > make getting answers to your debian based questions easier.
>
> Thanks for the link,
>
> >This is because you are running woody, also known as stable. The idea
> > behind stable is that it is very stable, stable enough to run for years
> > without crashing, stable enough that you could forget your root
> > password to a woody server and it wouldn't be a problem, stable enough
> > that the very earth could be rent asunder a woody box and it wouldn't
> > fall over.
> >
> >Because most people don't have the need for such a platform, and would
> >prefer a more up to date packages, debian has two other streams. They
> > are called steams because your can't really install them. Instead you
> > install stable and then jump on a stream.
> >
> >The two streams:
> >
> >Testing aka Sarge
> >
> >This is the next stable release and the debian devs upload new packages
> > in a effort to fix all the bugs in it. It will be released to replace
> > woody at some point.
> >
> >unstable aka sid
> >
> >This is where the newest packages are tested. Unstable is very cutting
> > edge, with new versions as up to date as possible. to give an example
> > of this, when kde 3.3 was released, it was in unstable before any other
> > distro had it.
> >
> >More information about both streams is just a google away.
> >
> >to switch to one of the two streams open the file /etc/apt/sources.list
> > and change all references to stable with testing or unstable. Then run
> > apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade . Warning: this may well break
> > your system.
> >
> >once again, more information is a google away
>
> my /etc/apt/source.list get file from /cdrom, i have 7 CD of woody, and
> all line references to unstable.
> here is some snip for detail;
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r3 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6
> (20041027)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> non-US/non-free non-free
>
>
> debian:/# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Calculating Upgrade... Done
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>
> how do i upgrade my package, (ex:KDE), should i switch my source to
> debian package repository ? and if yes, what repository should i use ?
>
> please enlight this noob.
>
>
> regards
> reza
ok,
you should change to a online package repository. a listing of these can be
found at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list-non-US replace the cdrom line
with something like:
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
but changing the ftp.uk.debian.org to a mirror closer to you.
Pete
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