On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 11:53:35PM +0700, Muhammad Reza wrote: > 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 ?
If you have broadband, or are prepared to wait for a while, you can update to testing (sarge) over the internet, or else you can reinstall using debian-installer (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ ; I recommend to use the netinst CD image method) If you want to upgrade over the net, the official doc on upgrading is at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#s-upgrade-process This is talking about upgrading from potato to woody, but the process is essentially the same. here is my summary: First, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file so it looks like this: deb http://mirrors.chipset.or.id/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free deb http://mirrors.chipset.or.id/debian/ sarge/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirrors.chipset.or.id/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirrors.chipset.or.id/debian/ sarge/non-US main contrib non-free If you don't want to install source, comment out the deb-src lines, and this will save time when updating your package lists. If you don't want to install any non-free packages, or contrib packages (ones that depend on non-free software), remove those words from the end of each line. Are you in Indonesia? I chose a mirror for you in Indonesia, you can try a different one if this one is slow, see http://www.debian.org/mirror/list for a list. For each mirror in the list, there should be two hyperlinks (if there aren't, don't use it!), one for "debian" and one for "debian-non-US". You can "copy link location" to paste them into your editor, e.g. if you wanted to use the first japanese mirror, and no non-free or contrib packages, and no source packages lists, you would have: deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main deb http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main #deb-src http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian/ sarge main #deb-src http://ftp.jp.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main does that make sense? Once you've chosen a mirror and written your /etc/apt/sources.list, type the following: apt-get update apt-get install apt # the upgrade might go better with a smarter apt apt-get dist-upgrade Hopefully everything will go well and you will end up with a sarge system - if apt-get update gave errors it probably means you typed something wrong in the config file. You can then run "aptitude" or "synaptic" if you want to select more packages, or just keep using apt-get. If you want to upgrade to "sid" (unstable), just put "sid" instead of "sarge" everywhere in your sources.list. If you're running unstable (the cutting edge!) I recommend that after you're set up, you only upgrade packages you specifically want to upgrade, not every package every few days, else you'll probably experience some bugs (and a lot of network traffic). That's the other thing with unstable, you will have to download more to keep up with it. I recommend to try testing first and see if that does what you want. good-luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
