On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 07:46:51PM -0700, Brett Fowlkes wrote: > Some of the packages on the Debian Cd are outdated. Is there anyway I can > put in a source when I install Debian that will download all the newest > ones? I have a fairly fast connection. >
Exactly what apt-get does best. Add something like this to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free Change that to Woody if you want the very latest. Then: $ apt-get update $ apt-get dist-upgrade However, be prepared for some problems. You might run into difficulty with the perl and libc upgrades, for instance. -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
