Debian Squeeze installed without internet connection, can't apt-get

Zzabe · 02-13-2012, 05:51 PM

I installed Debian Squeeze LXDE from CD. I don't know how to load PPP before I install the OS so I couldn't use sakis3g to start my mobile broadband connection and therefore the installer couldn't connect to the net while installing.
Once the OS was up and running I installed PPP (from the CD) and sakis3g kindly connected my mobile modem to the internet.
Sadly now when I try to apt-get something I get this:

# apt-get install gedit
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package gedit

My sources.list looks like this because I have already removed the # from the second two deb lines, as these were #d out by the installer, and I have added the google line as I want to eventually install chrome:

#

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 xfce+lxde-CD Binary-1 20120128-12:53]/ squeeze main

deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

# squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# A network mirror was not selected during install. The following entries
# are provided as examples, but you should amend them as appropriate
# for your mirror of choice.
#
# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable main non-free

I downloaded the .deb for chrome and used dpkg to install it but it didn't download the dependancies and aptitude said to resolve the dependancies I must uninstall chrome, so I did.

I need help with either making apt-get work properly or installing/enabling PPP from the command line and using sakis3g to connect my modem while the system is booted from the CD before a re-install - which I'm happy to do if it results in a more usable system.

Debian 6.0.4 (squeeze)
debian-6.0.4-i386-xfce+lxde-CD-1.deb
NEC Versa M300
Intel Celeron 1.6GHz Processor

klearview · 02-14-2012, 02:51 PM

Did you update repositories info after changing sources? As in 'apt-get update'?

k3lt01 · 02-14-2012, 03:36 PM

This is what your sources.list should look like if you actually want to update and install anything from Debian.

Code:

###### Debian Main Repos
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

###### Debian Update Repos
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-proposed-updates main contrib non-free

After you have done this do

Code:

apt-get update

and then

Code:

apt-get upgrade

Sidicas · 02-14-2012, 04:28 PM

Note the missing ftp.debian.org.

Somewhere during the installation there is a section where you select which Debian mirrors to use.. Immediately after that it tries to pull package lists from the mirrors you choose.. If there's no internet connection, you might have been forced to skip that entire section and simply not have had the mirror URLs put into your sources list.

So just add it manually, problem solved.

craigevil · 02-15-2012, 11:31 AM

Should look something like:
then run

Code:

apt-get update

followed by

Code:

apt-get install gedit

Code:

##################
## Debian Stable  ##
##################
#Stable 
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free 
#Stable Sources
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free 

#Security Updates  http://www.debian.org/security/
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free 

# Please note: The debian-volatile project has been discontinued with the Debian Squeeze release.
# See http://lists.debian.org/debian-volatile-announce/2011/msg00000.html for details.
# Debian Volatile is now squeeze-updates
# Squeeze-updates 
deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free

For more info see:
SourcesList - Debian Wiki : http://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
Official Debian mirrors http://www.debian.org/mirror/list