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Old 08-30-2004, 06:35 PM   #1
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apt-get sources.list in RedHat


I am using RedHat 9 and just install apt4rpm, I wanna upgrade some of my packages.

I wanna add more sources to the default source list........ my question is
How do I know the apt repositories then add them to list?????
I went to ayo.freshrpms.net but seem that I can't find anything.

Anyone can help with this NEWBIE would be really appreciated.

uname -rv
2.4.20-8 #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003

# List of available apt repositories available from ayo.freshrpms.net.
# This file should contain an uncommented default suitable for your system.
#
# See http://ayo.freshrpms.net/ for a list of other repositories and mirrors.
#
# $Id: sources.list,v 1.8 2003/04/16 09:59:58 dude Exp $

# Red Hat Linux 9
rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms
#rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/9/i386 os updates freshrpms

# Red Hat Linux 8.0
#rpm http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/i386 os updates freshrpms
#rpm-src http://ayo.freshrpms.net redhat/8.0/i386 os updates freshrpms
 
Old 08-30-2004, 10:25 PM   #2
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rpm http://mirror.usu.edu/mirrors/apt redhat/9/en/i386 os updates

there are others -- just have to look around

fresh rpm's is very cool
 
Old 08-30-2004, 11:33 PM   #3
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Thank you indeed foo_bar_foo, the default list, freshrpms contains most of the packages and that's quite helpfull for many applications.

I want to add more source to the list coz I want to upgrade some packages to latest version. But I found that some packages in freshrpms are not the latest.
 
  


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