Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> writes: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:27:23 -0400 > Lee <ler...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> # backports so I can get the latest Realtek wifi drivers >> deb https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware >> deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main >> non-free-firmware > > The only thing I can see is that the instructions specify http, not > https. https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index2h2 As you say, > that should have produced an error when you tried it. Just for the > halibut, try it as http. > > Or not. I'm not finding it either. > > root@hawk:~# apt update > Hit:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease > Hit:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease > Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease > Hit:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports InRelease > Ign:5 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease > Hit:6 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > 14 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. > root@hawk:~# apt search firmware-realtek > Sorting... Done > Full Text Search... Done > firmware-realtek/stable,now 20230210-5 all [installed] > Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters > > firmware-realtek-rtl8723cs-bt/stable 20181104-2 all > Bluetooth firmware for Realtek RTL8723CS > > root@hawk:~# apt-cache search firmware-realtek > firmware-realtek - Binary firmware for Realtek wired/wifi/BT adapters > firmware-realtek-rtl8723cs-bt - Bluetooth firmware for Realtek RTL8723CS > root@hawk:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.bookworm.list > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware > root@hawk:~# > > Yet the Debian package search shows it there. > https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names§ion=all&suite=all&arch=any&exact=0&keywords=firmware-realtek > > And I can pull it in manually. > > charles@hawk:~$ wget > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb > --2024-10-15 11:39:42-- > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free-firmware/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb > Resolving http.us.debian.org (http.us.debian.org)... 64.50.236.52, > 64.50.233.100, 208.80.154.139, ... > Connecting to http.us.debian.org (http.us.debian.org)|64.50.236.52|:80... > connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: 2162540 (2.1M) [application/vnd.debian.binary-package] > Saving to: ‘firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb’ > > firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.de > 100%[=====================================================================================>] > 2.06M 2.70MB/s in 0.8s > > 2024-10-15 11:39:43 (2.70 MB/s) - > ‘firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb’ saved [2162540/2162540] > > charles@hawk:~$ file firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb > firmware-realtek_20240709-2~bpo12+1_all.deb: Debian binary package (format > 2.0), with control.tar.xz, data compression xz > charles@hawk:~$ > > -- > Does anybody read signatures any more? > > https://charlescurley.com > https://charlescurley.com/blog/ >
Note that when you add the backports repository, it was given the priority of 100, which means * Packages in it will not be installed unless explicitly requested (e.g. apt install -t bookworm-backports <your_package>) * Packages in it will not be upgraded unless explicitly requested (e.g. apt upgrade -t bookworm-backports) To see packages versions available in all your repositories, you can use `apt policy': ,---- | $ apt policy firmware-realtek | firmware-realtek: | Installed: 20230210-5 | Candidate: 20230210-5 | Version table: | 20240709-2~bpo12+1 100 | 200 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports/non-free-firmware amd64 Packages | *** 20230210-5 500 | 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/non-free-firmware amd64 Packages | 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status `---- Here you can see the version from bookworm-backports (20240709-2~bpo12+1) but it's not selected (because its priority is 100). You can change the priority of bookworm-backports to let apt install packages from it by default. More info please check out `man apt_preferences'. -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
