need debian 3.1 repos

**tronic** · 01-14-2006

I just installed debian 3.1 and of course it has the 2.4 kernel. I need some good repos to upgrade my machine to the latest everything. Can someone tell me where to find these. I've used ubuntu, but they had a guide which listed the repos. If someone could help me get going i'd really appreciate that.

**bidi** · 01-14-2006

You can type "base-config" as root and reconfigure apt to use a specific FTP or HTTP repo.

**St. Joe** · 01-14-2006

Debian 3.1 has its own officially supported repo that includes a LOT of software. Except for some multimedia and java apps it is a very complete source. There are of course 3rd party repos, but if you use those you risk losing one of 3.1's greatest attributes, which is its incredible stability. If this is not important to you, then by all means go ahead and change what you will.

Look at Apt-get.org for additional repos.

**tronic** · 01-14-2006

basicly after i install debian, i would like to use apt-get to upgrade to the latest everything. Or at least kernel-2.6.15. is that possible? what repos would i add if any?

**bryansmith** · 01-14-2006

Debian Unstable (the most up to date repos) are not full of the latest and greatest. Last time I checked, it had KDE 3.4.3 (with 3.5.0 out). It is fairly up to date but don't expect the latest (like provided by distros such as Gentoo and Arch).

Bryan

**bidi** · 01-14-2006

Originally Posted by tronic

Or at least kernel-2.6.15. is that possible? what repos would i add if any?

No because Debian doesn't have the 2.6.15 kernel anywhere! You only have two choices: 2.4.27 (which is probably what you have now) and 2.6.12. If you have the Net-install CD all you had to do was boot with the "linux26" option, but I guess that's already too late. What you have to do now is add some sources to /etc/apt/sources.list. Like I mentioned before, all you have to do is run base-config and you can choose to "Configure apt" grab some mirror to add to your sources.list file. It'll do it automatically!

**kkubasik** · 01-14-2006

Originally Posted by bidi

No because Debian doesn't have the 2.6.15 kernel anywhere! You only have two choices: 2.4.27 (which is probably what you have now) and 2.6.12. If you have the Net-install CD all you had to do was boot with the "linux26" option, but I guess that's already too late. What you have to do now is add some sources to /etc/apt/sources.list. Like I mentioned before, all you have to do is run base-config and you can choose to "Configure apt" grab some mirror to add to your sources.list file. It'll do it automatically!

please be certain of comments like that.

Debian does have a debianized and packaged version of 2.6.15, if you add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main contrib

since you probably don't want to run debian unstable (a heads up, there are some major lib changes taking place, most people want to stay away from unstable for at least another week or so before all those settle down) you need to add something like this to your /etc/apt/apt.conf (or on newer versions, to any of the files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/)

Code:

APT::Default-Release "stable";

you can change stable to whatever your currently using (ie testing/stable/etch or if you really wanted unstable, if you have experimental repos as well)

**bidi** · 01-14-2006

Originally Posted by kkubasik

please be certain of comments like that.

Debian does have a debianized and packaged version of 2.6.15, if you add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list

Code:

deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ unstable main contrib

Well, I was assuming he wasn't going to want to use the unstable branch since it has some big issues with dependencies and such.

I guess I should just rephrase to:
If you're using stable or testing, no!

**farslayer** · 01-16-2006

Just a pointer, when you Install Debian is the best time to choose the branch you will run, wether it be Stable, Testing or Unstable.

I always use the Debian Netinstall iso since I'm running Sid why install a bunch of out of date packages (for sid they are) from the CD's or DVD's ? at the boot prompt you would enter the following options linux26 expert the system will install with the 2.6 Kernet from the start, and will also prompt which branch of Debian you wish to install.

I am currently running Debian Sid with the 2.6.15 kernel and everything is working just fine.. although i certainly wouldn't use that configuration on a machine I was concerned about stability. for my home workstation I use for email, web browsing, and gaming Sid does just fine for me. ymmv.

and yes for sid, apt is currently showing about 100 packages as held back.. I think I'll do a backup before I risk a dist-upgrade to see if I can clear some of those up....

**ryptyde** · 01-17-2006

I just loaded 3.1 from a Linux Format cover DVD SEP '05,there are over 4Gigs of packages on the DVD and a 2.6 kernel.Haven't added to my apt sources yet but will soon I imagine.

When I was running Xandros I used synaptic to get packages all the time same with 3.1 now.Works for me.Was also surprised to see VLC-media player on the DVD used synaptic and selected it and it resolved the dependencies and it is up and running,VLC is my favorite player.

By the way there are 6511 packages on the DVD and 892 installed so far.

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