-
Senior Member
registered user
dselect/aptitude/apt-get
How can I tell these application which distribution(woody/sarge/sid) to look for ? I have debootstrap a woody distribution but want to upgrade the applications to sarge/sid(or testing/unstable).
thanks in advance.
-
Senior Member
registered user
edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and change "stable" or "woody" to "testing" or "unstable", example:
Change the line:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
to:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
or:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
HTH
rock
-
Senior Member
registered user
That works, thanks.
I noticed that KNOPPIX use a some what different method by listing all (stable/testing/unstable) sources and use apt.conf to control what default to choose from.
I am wondering if it this case, there is any application which present the information in a nice way such that I can from one single interface to choose which distribution to pick from. Or may be I need to fallback to apt-get(which is a command line utility) pick which distribution to download from.
-
Senior Member
registered user
I only know and use apt-get, in knoppix since it has multiple repositories listed, ie: stable, testing and unstable; to install a package from the unstable repository you would use:
apt-get -t unstable install *packagename
Note: you would use " -t unstable " for sid, and " -t stable " for woody otherwise the default in apt.conf is used which is testing. My knoppix 3.1 1-20 release has the following line in /etc/apt/apt.conf:
APT:efault-Release "testing";
...
so by default when you use apt-get install it would look in the testing repository.
HTH
rock
-
Senior Member
registered user
thanks again. Seems that I better stick with the command line which I have been using for quite some time.
-
You may want to look at pinning - works for me:
http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
HTH
Steve
Similar Threads
-
By ogami1972 in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 6
Last Post: 01-30-2005, 07:25 PM
-
By Sgeo in forum General Support
Replies: 4
Last Post: 10-30-2004, 03:28 AM
-
By Timothy Truckle in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 4
Last Post: 05-10-2004, 09:26 PM
-
By Adm in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 0
Last Post: 10-13-2003, 05:09 PM
-
By davidHarris in forum Hdd Install / Debian / Apt
Replies: 14
Last Post: 05-01-2003, 04:43 AM
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
A-Tech 8GB DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 Laptop SODIMM 204-Pin Memory RAM PC3L DDR3L 1x 8G
$13.99
HyperX FURY DDR3 8GB 16GB 32GB 1600 MHz PC3-12800 Desktop RAM Memory DIMM 240pin
$12.90
A-Tech 8GB PC3-12800 Desktop DDR3 1600 MHz Non ECC 240-Pin DIMM Memory RAM 1x 8G
$13.99
8GB PC3L-12800S 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 RAM | Grade A
$12.00
A-Tech 16GB 2 x 8GB PC3-12800 Laptop SODIMM DDR3 1600 Memory RAM PC3L 16G DDR3L
$27.98
Kingston HyperX FURY DDR3 8GB 16GB 32G 1600 1866 1333 Desktop Memory RAM DIMM
$13.25
Samsung 16GB (2x8GB) PC3L-12800S Lap Top Memory RAM
$20.00
Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) XMP
$35.99
A-Tech 256GB 4x 64GB 4Rx4 PC4-19200 ECC Load Reduced LRDIMM Server Memory RAM
$287.96
A-Tech 256GB 8x 32GB 4Rx4 PC4-17000L DDR4 2133 MHz ECC LRDIMM Server Memory RAM
$319.92