Re: Firefox and Video DRM

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM Roger Price <debian@rogerprice.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Eddie wrote:
> > On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote:
> > > Packages from backports are pinned with low priority (100) and never
> > > installed by default. So in order to install a backported package, you
> > > need to do it like:
> > >
> > > apt install yt-dlp/bookworm-backports
> > >
> > > Not sure how to do it in Synaptic.
> > >
> > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions"
> > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports
>
> I added the line
>
>  deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ debian-backports main contrib non-free
>
> to /etc/apt/sources.list, ran apt update and got the error message
>
>  root@maria ~ apt update
>  Hit:1 ...
>  Ign:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports InRelease
>  Err:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports Release
>   404  Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80]
>  Reading package lists... Done
>  E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports Release' does
>     not have a Release file.
>  N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore
>     disabled by default.
>  N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration
>     details.
>
> So when I go to "Synaptic -> Settings -> Preferences -> Distributions -> Prefer
> versions from", I see no backports.
>
> Should I add allow-insecure=yes or allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes to
> sources.list, or is there some better way?

It is bookworm-backports, not debian-backports. See
<https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList>.

Jeff