Help with Synaptic Package Manager REPOSITORY/apt-get nvidia pkgs
Howdy folks.
SPM complains every time I launch it that it can't find the packages from my cdrom. OK. I'll just disable those 3 options (file:///cdrom, deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r0a_Sarge_-Official i386 Binary-1(20050607)]/ unstable contrib main, and ...Binary-2...). Now it only has this listed as enabled: "_htp://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free_" I may have edited in the non-free...don't remember. Anyway, WHERE ELSE should I be getting my packages? I've tried this week for days with some measure of success/failure to add to it.... What's in YOUR repository? HOW is a person to know to add to it? I'd love to obtain the need ed Nvidia 'module-assistant' and 'nvidia-kernel-common' via SPM. I tried 'apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common module-assistant' but neither by SPM or root-terminal can it locate them. WTF am I doing wrong? Thx for your input. |
Try adding something like this to your /etc/apt/sources.list
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thx for the quick reply.
Yes, those instructions -- I was reading them just within the past two hours. Still don't understand them yet but I'll get there. Rhetorical question: why doesn't the base-normal-regular Debian installation include a zillion repository sources? I realize I can manually cd to, find, and edit the file. I admit I like point & click for most things. Note to self: /etc/apt/sources.list -- the file to manually enter repository info. Mmmm. Yes. There we go. I added these: deb _http://ftp.debian.org/ sarge main contrib non-free deb-src _http://ftp.debian.org/ sarge main contrib non-free deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testings main contrib non-free (disabled)deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free Awesome! The nvidia packages are all there now! And so is a bundle o' games (like Xarchon)(anyone remember this on the old 8bit Atari...?). Thanks a bunch. |
I found a list of someone's /var/apt/source.list on one of those links:
_http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/files/sources.list_ # Official Debian archives deb _http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb _http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free #deb-src _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free # Experimental deb _http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib # KDE 3.4 deb _http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.0/ ./ deb _http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./ # K3B deb _http://www.planet-moll.de/debian/ sarge main # Randall Donald's prebuilt nvidia kernel modules deb _http://people.debian.org/~rdonald/nvidia modules-unstable/i386/ # unofficial packages by Christian Marillat: # acroread, mplayer & friends, realplayer, others. # see _http://hpisi.nerim.net deb _ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main deb _ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ etch main deb _ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main deb _ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ experimental main # Kalyxo (_http://kalyxo.mornfall.net): # Qt themes for GTK; KDE goodies for Debian. #deb _http://archive.kalyxo.org/kalyxo/ staging main #deb _http://archive.kalyxo.org/kalyxo/ experimental main #deb _http://62.104.23.254/kalyxo/ staging main #deb _http://62.104.23.254/kalyxo/ experimental main # bootsplash themes # see _www.bootsplash.de deb _http://debian.bootsplash.de unstable main # Matthias Ulrich: gpgsm, brings S/MIME support to KMail #deb _http://smurf.noris.de/code/debian/ experimental smurf # Real Time custom repository: PwManager #deb _ftp://ftp.real-time.com/linux/real-time unstable custom # another mplayer source #deb _http://debian.kcore.org/ ./ # backports, sideports, almost-official packages #deb _http://debian.jones.dk/ sarge misc #deb _http://debian.jones.dk/ sid misc # NuFW #deb _http://www.nufw.org/debian/ unstable/ # TeX Live: _http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html deb _http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ pool/ NICE. Maybe I will just manually edit my sources.list .... |
those _http://http.us.debian_ sites didn't work.
I changed them to read: _http://ftp.debian.org/debian stable (also testing & unstable) main contrib non-free These work great. |
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