Re: Problems with fresh 64 bit Debian 12.7

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 12:48:41PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 09/28/2024 12:13 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
> > > 32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
> > > But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.
> > 
> > Read /etc/apt/sources.list
> > 
> > All the very best, as ever,
> > 
> > Andy Cater
> > (amacater@debian.org)
> > > 
> Think you got it. I has only a single line:
> 
> > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40]/ bookworm contrib main non-free-firmware
> 

You need the following for bookworm sources.list - very different from
sources.list for 9 - you did read the bookworm release notes?
[Note for people playing along at home: ALWAYS read the release notes - as
reiterated on this list, many times].

Entries originally taken from wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main  contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

> Won't be able to try the "apt update" until tonight or tomorrow.
> If it doesn't work I'll compare the Debian 9 sources.list to see if I can
> interpolate adequately.
> 

Don't interpolate, _read_ : lots has changed since June 2017, even if it's
only three Debian major releases.

> Thanks.
> 

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
(amacater@debian.org)
> 
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