Thanks so much, that added enough clarity that I now know what was wrong. I'll read the manual. Len ----- Original Message ----- From: "CW Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:43 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Having Much Trouble Getting Deb 2.4.18-bf2.4 To Work
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:12:34PM -0600, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > Chris. > > Thanks, I'll try your suggestion and report back on results. FYI, the url's > > were copied verbatum from the Debian mirror list. If they are formatted > > incorrectly, I'm not aware, and why would the Debian site misformat there > > own links?. > > Maybe I wasn't clear. The links are okay...but you need information > after them in the sources.list file. Notice all the other lines. > Following the URI is information about the distribution you want. > E.g. > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib > > This gives the URI and specifies the stable distribution, main and > contrib sections. > > >From the sources.list man page: > The format for a sources.list entry using the deb and deb-src types > are: > > deb uri distribution [component1] [component2] [...] > > Note that the distribution is *required* information. (man sources.list) > > > [...] > > > Now my comments: > > > > > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ > > > deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ > > > ^^ these are lines 26-28 they are not properly formatted. > > > These 3 lines all give you the same info, they are just located in > > > different countries. Pick one mirror close to you and stick with it. > > > > > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib > > > This line will get the US mirror of the stable distribution (I guess > > > that is what you were trying to do above?) > > > > > > So delete lines 26-28 and I think your sources.list is fine. > > -- > Chris Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ------------------------------------------- > GNU/Linux --- The best things in life are free. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
