On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:29:30PM +0000, Alan Levett wrote: >I am sorry, but I cannot understand how to update my newly installed >Lenny 5, which I got from a Distro Supplier as a 5 DVD set. This >installed with no problem, using GUI, apart for the need for a later >version of "hplip" to drive the HP printer/scanner, no problem. >The Distro Supplier also very kindly made me a DVD copy of >"updates_5.0.7" and I can find no details of how to apply this update. >Part of my problem is anno-domini (75) exacerbated by Parkinson's drugs.
Hi Alan, The update DVD contains all the updated packages since the rest of the set was made. To make use of it, you just need to tell the packaging system about it. From the command-line as root: # apt-cdrom add and load the disc when prompted. In synaptic: Edit->Add CD-ROM and load the disc when prompted. Other tools will have similar methods. >From this point forwards, your system will know to ask you to load that DVD when needed. (Reply-To: set to debian-user for further discussion) -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101222130453.ga17...@einval.com
