On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:01:45AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debianists, > > Here is my apt sources.list file; > > localhost:/etc/apt# more sources.list
less is better than more. > # > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > Binary-3 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > Binary-2 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 > Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main If you are now trying to install off internet then remove the cdrom entries. > # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: > #deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib > # Line commented out by installer because it failed to verify: > #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib You *want* security updates. > I could use /ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ for example as the mirror... ok, although thats not a proper URI. > What does the main contrib part do? That is for the different repositories: main - official Debian contrib - packages which depend on non-free (not too sure on this.) non-free - packages which can't go into main because they do not conform to the DFSG > Do I need the source files? I'm guessing no. > Could I add something like > > deb /ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib You should stay with etch. Thats not a proper URI > to the file and it would work? Ok start fresh - i.e. change it so it looks like this: # Start of sources.lst deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib # End of sources.lst Then do an apt-get update or aptitude update (whichever you are used to) You will probably get a message like: following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems. Take note of the number after the NO_PUBKEY, then do: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key number-you-took-note-of ; gpg --armor --export EA8E8B2116BA136C | apt-key add - The above should all be on one line. Hope that makes sense, please post back with any probs you have preferrably with the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.lst file and the exact error messages. I only read + post my mail daily so it would be at least 2 days before I could reply, but hopefully someone may have responded by then. :-) -- Chris. ====== " ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness." Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
