On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 12:01:45AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Dear Debianists,
> 
> Here is my apt sources.list file;
> 
> localhost:/etc/apt# more sources.list
> #
> # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Etch_ - Official Snapshot amd64 
> Binary-1 (20061110)]/ etch contrib main
> 

Try using the following, which uses the above line as a template 
(plus the optional addition of non-free, which does not form part of 
Debian - remove the [] in the line below if non-free is required):

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

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

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

> 
> What does the main contrib part do?

Specifies the main archive and the contrib archive.

> 
> Do I need the source files?
> 

That's up to you: you'll need corresponding deb-src lines as inserted 
above.

> Could I add something like
> 
> deb /ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib
> 
> to the file and it would work?
> 

See above for the sort of syntax: updates from the security update site
are useful so have been included above.

HTH,

Andy Cater

> 
> MIchael Fothergill


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