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07-28-2008, 12:16 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Etch
Posts: 5
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debian etch sources.list doesn't exist
i have just purchased a VPS running debian etch, everything seems to be running fine but there is no sources.list file in etc/apt - is this a problem? should i just create it myself or is there a good reason it's not there?
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07-28-2008, 01:27 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: England
Distribution: Debian Testing/Unstable Amd64
Posts: 1,468
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That should that be /etc/apt
Last edited by the trooper; 07-28-2008 at 01:29 PM.
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07-28-2008, 01:34 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Etch
Posts: 5
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yeah, that's what i meant, but there's definitely no sources.list in there...
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07-28-2008, 01:40 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: England
Distribution: Debian Testing/Unstable Amd64
Posts: 1,468
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How do you install security updates and install new packages?
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07-28-2008, 02:01 PM
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Guru
Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
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Yes, you can write one up yourself. Not much needed (the main repository, the security repository and optionally the multimedia one). I'm sure you'll find the links if you google a bit.
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