Downloading Debian

Vilius · 09-14-2008, 07:51 AM

Hi,

I'm downloading latest debian dvd images.
Besides 3 dvd images there is one about 2.5G update image:
debian-update-4.0r4a-i386-DVD-1.iso

What does exactly it updates ?
Do I need to download that ?

thanks
Vilius

TristanDee · 09-14-2008, 08:09 AM

Once you have installed Debian on your machine, you can always update by adding appropriate repositories in your

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/etc/apt/sources.list

and then typing in the Terminal as root

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apt-get update

and

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apt-get upgrade

However, it seems a LARGE update. Is that the stable version? Because the Debian.org says

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Latest official release of the "stable" CD images: 4.0 rev4.

In that case, you could install Lenny ("testing", frozen recently) which is gonna be Stable soon.