On Saturday, 01-02-2025 at 08:41 Roger Price 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
I guess just a simple mistake, but why did you use "debian-backports" ? Are you
running bookworm? And thus use "bookworm-backports" ?
I compared:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ debian-backports main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free
non-free-firmware
(I also use non-free-firmware from time to time, so I include that too, but it
is not necessary)
https://wiki.debian.org/Backports
Copy the repository below, then hit the "Add Source" button:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free
George.
>
> 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?
>
> Roger
>
>
