Re: rar: How to figure out the entry for sources.list

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 10/05/2011 12:44 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> How does on go about figuring out the exact entry for
> /etc/apt/sources.list in order to download packages
> like rar?

Install the debian-reference package.  Although it does not directly 
answer your rar question, section 2 does explain how the packegeing 
system works, with examples.

It is the Bible of the Debian system and is a 'must' read for anyone new 
to Debian.

> I googled and found such an entry for lenny:
>    deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny non-free
>    deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates non-free
>    deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile non-free
>
> Is it as simple as just inserting wheezy for lenny?
>
> And if I didn't find that google hit.  Is there some way to figure
> that out from the search at:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&suite=all&section=all&keywords=rar

HTH