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running sid alone is troublesome.use apt-pinning with lenny(testing) and experimental(for packages like upstart which replaces sysVinit).also sid means daily updates of 30MB+ and sometimes upto 150MBs :shock:
anyways,below is my /etc/apt/apt.conf(which u have to make)
# If you get errors about missing keys, lookup the key in this file
# and run these commands (replace KEY with the key number):
# gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
# gpg --export --armor KEY | apt-key add -
#
# If you have a gpg key URL use (replace URL with the key address):
#
# wget -q URL -O- | apt-key add -
#
# If you have a gpg key file use (replace FILE with the key file):
#
# apt-key add FILE
#testing security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
#testing repository
deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
#unstable repository
deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
#experimental repository
deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#deb ftp://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
#debian-unofficial
deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free restricted
#deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free restricted
#debian multimedia
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
#rarewares
deb http://www.rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable/ ./
that's all now you have to run in root terminal(use su or sux):
Code:
apt-get update
now if u want to upgrade certain package from experimental repo
Hello, I am trying to install Banshee Music Player on Debian. My sources.list does not list any server hosting this software. Please post the specific link for the Banshee, if you have.
Hello, I am trying to install Banshee Music Player on Debian. My sources.list does not list any server hosting this software. Please post the specific link for the Banshee, if you have.
Here is my minimalistic repo list.
Still using the only Lenny installation CD as it proves quite handy for a (very) few things.
Haven't used any source repos yet.
Commented out the http://mirrors.kernel.org repo as it didn't work--maybe the syntax isn't correct. Can anybody fix it?
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 CD Binary-1 20071210-10:07]/ lenny contrib main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 CD Binary-1 20071210-10:07]/ lenny contrib main
#deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/lenny main contrib non-free
try this instead
Code:
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
That is, I don't think that you want "dists", and you want a space before lenny. More importantly, though, I don't think that you need those same lenny sources 3 times. All of these are the same repos from different mirrors:
Code:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
You should probably just pick one (I find the country code option is good, but your mileage may vary).
Edit - the same goes for Debian-multimedia: you seem to have two mirrors of that as well.
Last edited by Telemachos; 12-30-2007 at 08:54 PM.
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