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Ian Chilton wrote: >Hello, > >** I am not subscribed to the list, so please CC replies to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** >I have just been given remote access to a box I am going to use as a >server. It has Debian 2.2 (stable) installed. (It's a Sun Ultra 1 >(sparc64)). > > >What I want to do is the following: > >- Remove unwanted packages >- Upgrade to Debian woody (testing) >- Upgrade the kernel >- Change the network settings > > >Plese could you tell me how I can do the following: >1) Get a list of all the packages on the system, so I can deselect the >ones I dont want and it will uninstall them. Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list. Point all references of stable to testing. Then 1)run apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. or 2) run dselect, then update all packages as in the menu option. I don't recommend installing all packages then getting rid of them one by one. One - you can't install all packages for some packages conflict with other packages. Two - not a good policy on simplicity's grounds, as production environments shouldn't be burdened by installing bloatware - install only what you need. Ex. if you don't need X (as in no apps that use X, or no mission-critical apps that need X), then don't install X. >2) The best way to go from stable->testing. Start from a bare install of potato. Chances are you'll break some packages and encounter some problems when you've installed a lot of packages during the course of the distribution upgrade. >3) When you install debian you get that nice graphical thing to change >the network settings / timezone - how can i get that back now to >change these without having to manually change config files on a >distro I am not used to. I'm not sure if the base-config package is the solution to this, as I edit my settings manually too. It's easy to change the time settings. Run tzconfig. Not curses-based, but intuitive enough. Most of the network-related configuration files are in /etc/networks so you shouldn't have too much problems configuring some of your network settings (though it would be tough initially if you've been accustomed to the graphical way of doing things. >Aside: Is debian/woody stable enough for a production box? I dont >want to use debian/potato as the packages are all too old. I would use >sid, but that probably is not suitable for a production box, right? For me, I won't like woody for a production box. Security updates don't come as fast as in stable or unstable (most security updates are backported from packages in sid). Woody's good enough if you'll use it for workstations or at home. Potato's really for production environments. Sid - maybe for development use, or for home use, or if you're simply daring enough. Paolo Alexis Falcone -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8F3/NCCC2VflBZH0RAhnfAJ9EmHjbl+DdW6oKlTxTPKMkm/o8LgCfVqGu nk43xQL/MwkNggaSvdIzxkY= =IAdu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- __________________________________ www.edsamail.com
