[Gllug] Debian question from a RH user

[Ken Smith]

John Winters wrote:
> Ken Smith wrote:
>   
>> John Winters wrote:
>>     
> [snip]
>   
>>> What did it contain before and what did you change it to?
>>>       
> [snip]
>   
>> Here's the sources list
>>
>> #
>> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 
>> 20080803-21:07]/ etch contrib main
>>
>> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4a _Etch_ - Official i386 CD Binary-1 
>> 20080803-21:07]/ etch contrib main
>>
>>
>> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch main <--------------I added 
>> this line
>> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
>> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
>>     
>
> Hmmm.  It's a long time since I installed Debian from anything other
> than a netinstall CD or a network boot, but ISTR that if you install
> from a full CD (as seems to have happened here) the installation process
> asks you whether or not you want to configure a network source for other
> packages.  It seems that whoever set up this system said, "no".
>
> John
>   
That will be where I made the mistake. I remember for the next time. :-) Ken

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