On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM Roger Price <deb...@rogerprice.org> wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2025, Eddie wrote: > > On 1/31/25 12:40, Henrik Ahlgren wrote: > > > Packages from backports are pinned with low priority (100) and never > > > installed by default. So in order to install a backported package, you > > > need to do it like: > > > > > > apt install yt-dlp/bookworm-backports > > > > > > Not sure how to do it in Synaptic. > > > > > In Synaptic go to "Settings" - 'Preferences" - "Distributions" > > then select "Prefer Versions From" - backports > > I added the line > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ debian-backports main contrib non-free > > to /etc/apt/sources.list, ran apt update and got the error message > > root@maria ~ apt update > Hit:1 ... > Ign:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports InRelease > Err:7 http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports Release > 404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.2.132 80] > Reading package lists... Done > E: The repository 'http://deb.debian.org/debian debian-backports Release' > does > not have a Release file. > N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore > disabled by default. > N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration > details. > > So when I go to "Synaptic -> Settings -> Preferences -> Distributions -> > Prefer > versions from", I see no backports. > > Should I add allow-insecure=yes or allow-downgrade-to-insecure=yes to > sources.list, or is there some better way?
It is bookworm-backports, not debian-backports. See <https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList>. Jeff
