On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Stephane Charette <
[email protected]> wrote:

> By default when I install a BB with one of the usual RCN builds, the repos
> as defined in /etc/apt/sources.list are set to the following:
>
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
> deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib
> non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
> deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_0.12 jessie main
> deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/ jessie main
>
> Are there other well-known ARMHF repos that I can add if the package I'm
> looking for isn't there?
>

Well this is a problem. "well known" does not necessarily imply "secure".
All those listed above except for the nodesource, and RCN repo's are
official. Personally, I would not add the nodesource repo, but have no
qualms with Roberts repo.

>
> For example, I like to use "fish" as my shell.  When I try to install it,
> I get this:
>
> $ *sudo apt-get install fish*
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package fish is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package 'fish' has no installation candidate
>
> Yes, I could build it myself, but that defeats the entire purpose of
> having package management, automatic updates when security fixes are
> available, etc.
>

So build the package once, and use it multiple times. This is one reason
why I would not use the nodesource repo. I build my own Nodejs, from source
tarballs my self. Currently I have a Nodejs 4.6.2 *deb, that I install on
any system that needs it. Just a simple file transfer, and sudo dpkg -i
<package name> away.

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