Debian Experimental and Apt
having a problem pointing my sources.list to the experimental part. I have tried
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/project experimental main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/project/experimental main deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ ./project/experimental main and the above with http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ Everytime the reply comes back "Couldn't Stat... etc." Could someone point me int the correct direction, as I can browse the aforementioned archive via IE/Epiphiny |
Try:
# Debian experimental deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free # GNOME 2.10 pending packages deb http://pkg-gnome.alioth.debian.org/debian/ experimental main #Debian KDE 3.4 Team updates deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.0/ ./ deb http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./ |
I think that any of these four alternatives should work equally (you'll only need one of them, though):
deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian experimental main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main Just remember to do "apt-get update" after editing the sources.list. And you can add the "contrib" and "non-free" repos (like in craigevil's example) if you want to. |
@ Dead parrot
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Thanks for the input, I can't remember if I tried ./ or ../ But I will retry tonight. will also try changing http://ftp to ftp://ftp could make the difference. Trouble is I copy and pasted the links originally, and only when they didn't work I started to edit them. Oh well. I'll look into it. |
@BaptismOfFire:
You seem to be on the right tracks but be very careful not to make any typing mistakes (and remember to run "apt-get update" after editing the sources.list). Sometimes local Debian mirrors can be temporarily down, in which case you may have to try an alternative mirror. @craigevil: All Gnome 2.10 packages should now be available in the official unstable repo. I've heard people saying that it's still a bit buggy but should mostly work OK. :) |
*bangs head repeatedly*
Im so DUMB. I edited my sources.list every time I opened aptitude I got a big red error saying "Couldn't Stat blah blah blah" Here I am trying to find a working source when all I needed to do was run APT-GET UPDATE :newbie: :cry: |
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