On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 12:51:02PM +0100, somethin2cool wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I added the lines: > > > >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-1 > >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main > >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-2 > >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main > >Deb cdrom: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r0 _Etch_ -Official i386 DVD Binary-3 > >20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main > > An /etc/apt/sources.list attached below.
# 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 non-free [Plus, optionally, the lines for the security repositories.] All of this is covered in the release notes for Debian 4.0 - available at www.debian.org or any of the worldwide mirrors. If you use a netinst/businesscard CD image to install, then suitable lines in /etc/apt/sources.list will probably be added automatically. If you _only_ have CD or DVD media, then use the apt-cdrom add command, followed by an apt-get update as other posters in the thread have indicated. > > Well things are going well now. I have ethernet internet (so i have to > sit by the router) and can install from DVD. > > But lots of things are still a royal pain when it comes to installing. > > It seems there are no perfect methods, but that apt works perfectly IF > you have all the repositories in there (although sucks at uninstalling). > Many many things I want are not in repositories for some reason, so I > have added the non-free repository which seems to have added to total of > 0 packages. > > I'd like to add Sarge repos because Amaya isn't in the Etch ones, the > .deb moans about dependencies and synaptic, despite knowing what they > all are, has no option to just get them all (ha!). > Don't do this. Amaya probably isn't in the Etch repositories for a reason.The version in unstable opens a window very briefly then dies. > So can anyone tell me how to add a Sarge repo, and also the Etch one. > Yes they ought to be set up already but they aren't and the information > is not on any link in Google's first 5 pages. I have looked of debian > man, which tells me how to make one from scratch (which is awesome, but > not what i want this month), and it either doesn't say what the > repository addresses are or it is hidden really really well. Surely the > repository addresses should be published on the website, but no. > > Apparently this is to obvious to bother writing anywhere. > No, it isn't too obvious to bother writing anywhere: it may be obvious to many that some users don't bother _READING_ anywhere. Google is your friend, as is browsing the archives of the mailing list. Hope this helps, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]