Re: wheezy install missing contrib and non-free
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 12:21:24PM -0500, Default User wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I did a fresh install of Debian 7.0.0 (Wheezy), using the
> debian-7.0.0-amd64-i386-netinst.iso.
>
> In the past , during the install process, it would ask if the user wanted
> to include the contrib and non-free repositiories. Not this time. The
> install went okay, but only included packages from the main repository.
>
> If I manually added "contrib" and non-free" to /etc/apt/sources.list, and
> did apt-get update, then apt-get upgrade, would that add the missing
> contrib and non-free stuff?
What's missing? AFAIU, anything that is in main doesn't require anything
from contrib or non-free -- if it did then it wouldn't be in main.
So if you explicitly want a package from contrib or non-free then, yes,
of course you'll need to enable them in your /etc/apt/sources.list,
then do an explict "apt-get install package-not-in-main"
IOW, just enabling them in your /etc/apt/sources.list then doing "apt-get
update" followed by "apt-get upgrade" shouldn't pull in any extra
packages.
> And would that mess up the already installed system?
No. They should all coexist peacefully together, but you may not need to
enable the "contrib" and "non-free" repositories if you are already
happy with your system.
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