Re: How to add package sources?
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:24:09 -0400 (EDT)
davidson@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit
> > on a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error
> > message is something to the effect that it can't reach
> > mirrors.rit.edu, and in fact I cannot ping rit.edu, and when I
> > traceroute to rit.edu it gets as far as:
> >
> > vl-5.car2.Buffalo1.Level3.net (4.69.141.146) 262.192 ms 261.916 ms
> > 262.110 ms
> >
> > and then gives me all stars out to the max 30 hops.
> >
> > So I'm temporarily assuming the root cause is outside anything on my
> > LAN or cable modem. The following is my
> > current /etc/apt/sources.list.
> >
> > ==========================================================
> > #
> >
> > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.5.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64
> > NETINST Binary-1 20140426-13:35]/ wheezy main
> >
> > deb http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
> > deb-src http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
> > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
> > non-free
> >
> > # wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
> > deb http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib
> > non-free deb-src http://mirror.rit.edu/debian/ wheezy-updates main
> > contrib non-free
> >
> > # ADDED BY SLITT FOR DOVECOT
> > deb http://www.backports.org/debian stable dovecot
> > deb-src http://www.backports.org/debian stable dovecot
> > ==========================================================
> >
> >
> > Therefore I would assume I need to add another mirror to
> > my /etc/apt/sources.list. How would I find such mirrors?
>
> there's a list of mirrors here:
>
> http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
>
> and some reports about them, in directories under here:
>
> http://mirror.debian.org/
>
> > Do I just put them below my corresponding rit.edu entries?
>
> sure, if you want the rit.edu ones to take precedence.
>
> man sources.list
>
> > Can I leave the rit.edu entries intact?
>
> sure, if you like.
>
> > Until today, rit.edu has served me admirably. Is there some sort of
> > command I should run to add a mirror set, or do I just edit
> > sources.list?
>
> that's what sed has the -i option for.
>
> -wes
>
> ps. sorry about the no-caps. shift key too tricky. gotta run.
Thanks Wes!
I did what you said and visited http://www.debian.org/mirror/list ,
edited sources.list so that for each rit.edu URL, I copied it and
replaced the URL with ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ . That cured the
problem. By the way, I have it constructed so the
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lines come first, and only if they fail
does rit.edu get consulted.
I'm fairly new to daily desktop use of Debian, so I really appreciate
your guidance.
Thanks,
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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