On Monday 20 Dec 2004 16:53, Muhammad Reza wrote: > >Ok, you are asking two questions here, Before answering them, can I > > point you at http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html which will > > make getting answers to your debian based questions easier. > > Thanks for the link, > > >This is because you are running woody, also known as stable. The idea > > behind stable is that it is very stable, stable enough to run for years > > without crashing, stable enough that you could forget your root > > password to a woody server and it wouldn't be a problem, stable enough > > that the very earth could be rent asunder a woody box and it wouldn't > > fall over. > > > >Because most people don't have the need for such a platform, and would > >prefer a more up to date packages, debian has two other streams. They > > are called steams because your can't really install them. Instead you > > install stable and then jump on a stream. > > > >The two streams: > > > >Testing aka Sarge > > > >This is the next stable release and the debian devs upload new packages > > in a effort to fix all the bugs in it. It will be released to replace > > woody at some point. > > > >unstable aka sid > > > >This is where the newest packages are tested. Unstable is very cutting > > edge, with new versions as up to date as possible. to give an example > > of this, when kde 3.3 was released, it was in unstable before any other > > distro had it. > > > >More information about both streams is just a google away. > > > >to switch to one of the two streams open the file /etc/apt/sources.list > > and change all references to stable with testing or unstable. Then run > > apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade . Warning: this may well break > > your system. > > > >once again, more information is a google away > > my /etc/apt/source.list get file from /cdrom, i have 7 CD of woody, and > all line references to unstable. > here is some snip for detail; > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r3 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6 > (20041027)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main > non-US/non-free non-free > > > debian:/# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > how do i upgrade my package, (ex:KDE), should i switch my source to > debian package repository ? and if yes, what repository should i use ? > > please enlight this noob. > > > regards > reza ok,
you should change to a online package repository. a listing of these can be found at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list-non-US replace the cdrom line with something like: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib but changing the ftp.uk.debian.org to a mirror closer to you. Pete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
