Re: how to update Debian OS properly
ok found a website for which generates source.list
http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
please confirm if above repositories are good to go with,
In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not
play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add
a repo then i must comment it after installing the "whatever package"
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:10 PM, keith <km3952@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:16 +0500
> Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sirtcp@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> >
>> > [0] It seems like you had several entries in your sources.list file(s)
>> > - post the content of your file here.
>>
>> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
>> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
>> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
>> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main
>>
>
> Delete the last line from your /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> (# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main)
>
> And, I believe you can change 'squeeze' to 'stable', & remain updating the stable version, whatever the name.
>
> Just as an aside; to make it easy on yourself, if you need to re-install again, make your partitioning scheme friendly.
>
> i.e. One partition for swap, One partition for the / (system), & at least another for your /home (&/or data);
> then if you have to re-install, only overwrite your / partition. You should, of course, still have backups of your data as well.
>
> --
> keith <km3952@gmail.com>
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