sources.list

fakie_flip · 10-12-2005, 11:21 PM

Is there a sources.list that I can replace in Linspire to have more programs to choose in synaptic?

aysiu · 10-12-2005, 11:47 PM

I can't vouch for this actually working, but you may want to try this:

http://applications.linux.com/applic...&tid=13&tid=39

CloudyWizzard · 10-13-2005, 01:23 AM

Linspire is build on Debian so you can use the Debian repositories (just edit /etc/apt/sources.list) the only downside is that since Linspire is build on a frozen snapshot of Debian Sarge most software in the Debian Repositories are newer (and that can cause conflicts with some custom Linspire stuff). so using APT or Synaptic on Linspire is not officialy supported.

fakie_flip · 10-16-2005, 01:48 AM

I do not have Debian. Do you have the repositories for it? If I got the repositories for Debian Sarge, would I not have problems then? One of the commented repositories in Linspire does not exist, so that leaves me with one. That does not give me much software to choose from. I tried getting Debian repositories from my friend, but all his were for getting software from his 12 cds. Do you have the Debian repositories I can add?

CloudyWizzard · 10-16-2005, 08:46 AM

Well Linspire contains the Debian repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list (they are just commented out so they don't work).
if you remove the # they should work.

The ones I use on my Debian box are from a Belgian mirror :

Code:

deb ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/debian/ stable main
deb-src ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/debian/ stable main

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main

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If I got the repositories for Debian Sarge, would I not have problems then?

That depends on what you download (even software in Sarge get's updated so if you have a package that needs a newer system library that what's present on Linspire it can cause trouble). Offcourse chances are much less then when you pull from Etch or Sid.

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One of the commented repositories in Linspire does not exist, so that leaves me with one. That does not give me much software to choose from.

That is normal, I think Linspire doesn't contain the source library (deb-src) and the 1 that's not working was canceled by Debian with the release of Sarge as stable (it's the non-US one if I remember correctly).

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Do you have the Debian repositories I can add?

You can use the ones I've posted above or look at debian.org for a closer mirror (or just use the one from Linspire, it should have all software available in the standard Debian repositories).

You can also search at apt-get.org for other non-official debian repositories (like for 1 that have MPlayer).