[Gllug] Debian

[Stephen Harker]

On Wednesday 19 December 2001 13:24, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> go to the Debian site go to the testing pages below and you will
> find these two lines.
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/testing/
>
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
> contrib on-free
Isn't there a local mirror I can use? ie http.uk.debian.org??
> add them to your /etc/apt/sources.list file and comment out the
> stable lines
>
> Then run 	#apt-get update
> followed by #apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> you should then find things run smoothly note that now Woody is the
> new testing and Sid is the new unstable.
>
> you should also un-comment the security line from the same file.
>
> Peace Jim
>
> "another way to boost the quality and quantity of intelligence is
> to cultivate more of of an open source model - by including NGOs
> like Amnesty International in the network."
> --John Arquilla, RAND corporation on recruiting human rights groups
> to work for the CIA to fight 'The War On Terrorism'
>
> On Wednesday, December 19, 2001, at 12:09 PM, Stephen Harker wrote:
> > Hey Guys.
> > I could get to like this Debian thing you know. After a few
> > abortive attempts in the past, I have succesfully installed
> > Potato (2.2r4) and now I'm updating it using dselect (apt) to
> > Woody. But, is it really necessary to run the install screen so
> > many times. I must be on about the 10th pass by now. It keeps
> > conking out and claiming there are errors in the packages while
> > unpacking, configures what it has done so far and then I have to
> > start over. Is this normal? If I delete the .deb files that are
> > dodge from /var/cache/apt/archive, will it automatically fetch
> > them again?
> > --
> > Stephen Harker
> > steve at pauken.co.uk, http://www.pauken.co.uk
> > "                                    "  -  Marcel Marceau
> >
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