-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 somethin2cool wrote: > I think the point might have got lost in there: > > So can anyone tell me how to add a Sarge repo, and also the Etch one. > Yes they ought to be set up already but they aren't and the information > is not on any link in Google's first 5 pages. I have looked of debian > man, which tells me how to make one from scratch (which is awesome, but > not what i want this month), and it either doesn't say what the > repository addresses are or it is hidden really really well. Surely the > repository addresses should be published on the website? > > > > >
OK, you want to break your system? Fine here's what you want: In the file /etc/apt/souces.list you will (or should) see lines that look like this: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free Now, your mirror may be different, but the above will work fine. Add another line that says: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ oldstable main contrib non-free Then do: apt-get update. You'll then be ready to install any package from sarge that you want to, but it *should* default to pulling things from etch if it can find them there. You might want to research apt pinning to better manage which package comes from where. I warn you again though, this is not a good idea. You'd be better off downloading the tarball from the developers' web site and compiling it that you would by trying to use apt to pull in a package from sarge. The packages there are old, and have very different dependencies. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGM4cviXBCVWpc5J4RAgqHAJ405Vn3hlIjWJOhESIIu2d56WvBAACfWbVe Tt8xh+38LUb1xNkfBIqd4u8= =Nuv1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
