[Klug-general] Problems with Ledger SMB

[Laurence Southon]

Mike Rentell wrote:

>> It's better to use a Debian package where possible. You would be better
>> to set apt to use an internet connection rather than DVD. You can then
>> get the latest packages and do updates. Say if you want help with
>> setting apt up for that.
> 
> I wondered if that could be a problem but haven't a clue how to do it.
> Thanks for volunteering, I would appreciate a steer.

No problem. You need (as root) to edit /etc/apt/sources.list

Comment out anything already there - put a '#' at the beginning of each
line, and add:

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian-volatile/ etch/volatile main contrib
non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile-sloppy main
contrib non-free

(beware line wrapping in this email - each line in sources.list begins
with 'deb')

As root run:

aptitude update

which will read information from those sources you've just added, and
then run

aptitude dist-upgrade

which will upgrade all packages to the latest versions.

Notes: Running update can sometimes produce errors which can often be
cleared by running update again - it will do no harm, you can run update
as often as you like.

If upgrade includes a kernel update you will see some alarming looking
output, then a debconf question - answer 'OK' - then you must reboot,
when aptitude has finished.

LS
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Laurence Southon
Tiger Computing, Bexley
www.tiger-computing.co.uk