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Re: apt-get install synaptic / sources.list



On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:51:02PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote:
> somethin2cool@yahoo.com wrote:
> >I added the lines:
> >
> >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-1 
> >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main
> >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-2 
> >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main
> >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-3 
> >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main
> >
An /etc/apt/sources.list attached below.

# 
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

[Plus, optionally, the lines for the security repositories.]

All of this is covered in the release notes for Debian 4.0 - available
at www.debian.org or any of the worldwide mirrors.

If you use a netinst/businesscard CD image to install, then suitable
lines in /etc/apt/sources.list will probably be added automatically.

If you _only_ have CD or DVD media, then use the 

apt-cdrom add

command, followed by an 

apt-get update 

as other posters in the thread have indicated.

> 
> Well things are going well now. I have ethernet internet (so i have to 
> sit by the router) and can install from DVD.
> 
> But lots of things are still a royal pain when it comes to installing.
> 
> It seems there are no perfect methods, but that apt works perfectly IF 
> you have all the repositories in there (although sucks at uninstalling). 
> Many many things I want are not in repositories for some reason, so I 
> have added the non-free repository which seems to have added to total of 
> 0 packages.
> 
> I'd like to add Sarge repos because Amaya isn't in the Etch ones, the 
> .deb moans about dependencies and synaptic, despite knowing what they 
> all are, has no option to just get them all (ha!).
> 
Don't do this. Amaya probably isn't in the Etch repositories for a 
reason.The version in unstable opens a window very briefly then dies.
 
> So can anyone tell me how to add a Sarge repo, and also the Etch one. 
> Yes they ought to be set up already but they aren't and the information 
> is not on any link in Google's first 5 pages. I have looked of debian 
> man, which tells me how to make one from scratch (which is awesome, but 
> not what i want this month), and it either doesn't say what the 
> repository addresses are or it is hidden really really well. Surely the 
> repository addresses should be published on the website, but no.
> 
> Apparently this is to obvious to bother writing anywhere.
> 
No, it isn't too obvious to bother writing anywhere: it may be obvious
to many that some users don't bother _READING_ anywhere. 
Google is your friend, as is browsing the archives of the mailing list.

Hope this helps,

Andy



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