[SOLVED] Sources.list for Debian Lenny Stable

codeman1234 · 02-11-2010, 05:32 PM

Hello guys,

I am looking for the best sources.list there is for Debian/Lenny Stable, can someone help me out?

I got the following from the website of sources.list generator, but I am not convince because for the last 6 days I did not got any update to do, my system been for 6 days straight up to date so, I am not convince at all because it is odd, here is my sources.list:

Code:

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################### OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS ###################
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###### Debian Main Repos

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

###### Debian Update Repos

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free



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##################### UNOFFICIAL  REPOS ######################
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###### 3rd Party Binary Repos

#### Debian Multimedia - http://www.debian-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install debian-multimedia-#keyring && apt-get update
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main

#### Google Linux Software Repositories - http://www.google.com
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/#linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update  
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable all

#### Wicd - http://wicd.net/
## Run this command: wget -q http://apt.wicd.net/wicd.gpg -O- | apt-key add -
deb http://apt.wicd.net lenny extras


#### Google Linux Software Repositories (testing) - http://www.google.com
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/#linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && apt-get update  
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free

#### Lenny and a Half - http://wiki.debian.org/LennyAndAHalf
#deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny-proposed-updates main

#### Skype - www.skype.com
## Run this command: gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xd66b746e && #gpg --export --armor 0xd66b746e | apt-key add -
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

#### The Opera .deb Repository - http://deb.opera.com/
## Run this command: wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key #add -
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free

#### VirtualBox - http://www.virtualbox.org
## Run this command: wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/#debian/sun_vbox.asc -O- | apt-key add -
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free

### Compiz
deb ftp://download.tuxfamily.org/shames/debian-lenny/desktopfx/unstable/ ./

I am missing anything?

PD: I got Germany Debian servers because they are pretty fast nothing more and also I am running on my Desktop Xfce4 that I loved, but, I would like to know if there is any repository for updates on this wonderfull Desktop Enviroment.

Cheers!!

reed9 · 02-11-2010, 05:38 PM

It looks fine. Why would you expect updates so frequently? It's Debian Stable, it doesn't change much.

brianL · 02-11-2010, 05:39 PM

"lenny" is the stable release, so it won't get many updates, only when there's some potentially serious security problem. That sources.list looks OK.

Beaten by a faster typer again.

codeman1234 · 02-11-2010, 06:20 PM

Well, I am asking because with Debian Squeeze that I had before I had updates everyday, that is why it was odd to me. About Xfce4 there is any repository? Anything else I should add?

Cheers for replying me!!

reed9 · 02-11-2010, 06:29 PM

Debian Squeeze is the testing branch, so it changed much more rapidly.

XFCE4 should be in the normal repos.

craigevil · 02-11-2010, 06:59 PM

Unofficial Debian Stable xfce4.6 backports http://www.debian-desktop.org/doku.php/start
# XFCE 4.6.0 # i386,amd64
# deb http://www.debian-desktop.org/pub/linux/debian/xfce46 lenny xfce460
# deb-src http://www.debian-desktop.org/pub/linux/debian/xfce46 lenny xfce460

Shames repo for compiz hasn't been maintained for over a yr, might be a good idea to remove it from your sources.list

AlucardZero · 02-11-2010, 07:43 PM

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e.list-330913/ ? (see later posts as the thread is old)

codeman1234 · 02-11-2010, 09:04 PM

ok guys, thank you very much for your help, I think that my sources.list is all right after all. Just one comment I take out shames from compiz and I add the Xfce repositories that craigevil just point me out, anything else? I keep the rest?

Cheers!

mark_alfred · 02-11-2010, 09:28 PM

Could add the tovid repository if you want a program for converting avi, flv, or wmv into mpg files for creating dvds.

Code:

# tovid
deb http://tovid.sourceforge.net/download/debian stable contrib
deb-src http://tovid.sourceforge.net/download/debian stable contrib

If you have an old copy of Quake2 lying around, then the following repository will give you the game engine for it (but not the game itself -- you need an actually copy of the Quake2 game for this to work):

Code:

# Quake2
deb ftp://www.markus-raab.org/apps ./

Might be good to have backports to get OpenOffice.org 3.1:

Code:

# backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

If you have a Samsung laser printer, the following repo is useful:

Code:

# Samsung Unified Linux Driver
deb http://www-personal.umich.edu/~tjwatt/suldr/ debian extra

If you have children, and you want the latest gcompris game for them:

Code:

# gcompris repository
deb http://thomas.pub.enix.org/debian/ stable main

I'm not sure what "Lenny and a Half" is, but if you want this repository to work, you should remove the hash mark (#) that precedes the repo, and then update/reload your sources.

codeman1234 · 02-12-2010, 09:43 PM

Just 2 more questions guys:

1) What is the repository Lenny and half for?

2) The backports repository is it good to have it enable, even after installing openoffice 3, is it any more uses for it? Is it good to get updates from it?

Cheers + Thanks!!

craigevil · 02-13-2010, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codeman1234

Just 2 more questions guys:

1) What is the repository Lenny and half for?

2) The backports repository is it good to have it enable, even after installing openoffice 3, is it any more uses for it? Is it good to get updates from it?

Cheers + Thanks!!

1) http://wiki.debian.org/LennyAndAHalf You already have it in the first part.

2) http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php

Quote:

Backports are recompiled packages from testing (mostly) and unstable (in a few cases only, e.g. security updates), so they will run without new libraries (wherever it is possible) on a stable Debian distribution. I recommend you to pick out single backports which fits your needs, and not to use all backports available here.

codeman1234 · 02-13-2010, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigevil

1) http://wiki.debian.org/LennyAndAHalf You already have it in the first part.

2) http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php

Thanks for answering mate!!!

Just one last question, what are compiz repositories then if shame repository is not been manage for a year?

Cheers!

reed9 · 02-13-2010, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Just one last question, what are compiz repositories then if shame repository is not been manage for a year?

Regular repos.

http://packages.debian.org/search?ke...le&section=all

codeman1234 · 02-13-2010, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reed9

Regular repos.

http://packages.debian.org/search?ke...le&section=all

Cheers Mate!

Cage47 · 06-05-2010, 06:00 PM

Be careful with the backports repo. Especially if you want Openoffice.org. I have been a big fan of Debian Lenny and plan to stay with it for some time. But I also have a need for some newer software. Specifically Openoffice. I tried to use the backports repo, and OO.o works fine. But the dependencies it pulls in overwrites some of the libs needed by GNUCASH. If you load OO.o from backports and use gnucash, it will segfault when you try to open an account. Instead it's ok to use the OO.o downloaded from the OO.o website.