debian etch sources.list doesn't exist

lumpysimon · 07-28-2008, 01:16 PM

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?

the trooper · 07-28-2008, 02:27 PM

That should that be /etc/apt

lumpysimon · 07-28-2008, 02:34 PM

yeah, that's what i meant, but there's definitely no sources.list in there...

the trooper · 07-28-2008, 02:40 PM

How do you install security updates and install new packages?

jay73 · 07-28-2008, 03:01 PM

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.