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Getting synaptic right - at the start with Etch

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I have recently installed Etch on my HP Pavilion t175 UK Desktop PC Model No 10064759 - from DVDs bought from a supplier (Linux-Man Distros). It is, by the way, a vast improvement on earlier versions, which always beat me. I have added a gig of memory without problem.

When I wish to install further software (in this case firestarter) I am asked to place the first of the original DVDs in the drive. This appears either to identify or download from that DVD. Fine, no problem, everything works. But this seems to leave me with the necessity of using this trick to install anything - and only to let me to install material on these DVDs.

On reading a help from Debian Admin on installing RealPlayer it showed me how to look at /etc/apt/sources.list file which had to be amended with the addition of the relevant source address(es), then updated. In that file I saw that two existing addresses had been barred by the system on installation. I thought that was probably because I had made some decision during installation.

I think I want to put other addresses in that file to tell synaptic where to go and allow it to list from that (other) source. Am I right, and how should I do it if so.
TIA - phorepents

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example /etc/apt/sources.list for etch

Submitted by Matt on Sun, 2007-05-27 16:14.


deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main

You are exactly right. For example, you could just add the above lines to /etc/apt/sources.list to get etch, security updates, and multimedia packages over the net.

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Getting synaptic right at the start

Submitted by phorepents on Mon, 2007-05-28 00:14.

My thanks, Matt - just a fine tune of your answer: I gather (from other places) that it is deemed wiser to set sources to get the "stable" versions rather than named versions like Etch. In which case would your three lines be properly edited by changing "etch" to "stable"?
Such clarification will I'm sure, assist others as much as me!
phorepents

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Getting synaptic right at the start

Submitted by pinniped on Mon, 2007-05-28 04:40.

It is actually best to do as Matt indicated and use the names like 'etch'. When Etch is deprecated and you want to switch to the next release (Lenny) then change the source to 'lenny' and do a 'dist-upgrade'. This way you avoid any confusion about what 'stable' means.

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Getting synaptic right at the start with Etch

Submitted by phorepents on Mon, 2007-05-28 08:40.

Hi - furious eyebrow-furrowing here.
OK, I managed to ascertain that the first two addresses were present, and after an "interesting" interlude I managed to type in the multimedia address. Right.
So I ran apt-get update to see that that connection wasn't on because I hadn't got the public key!
That I should run apt-get update. So I did, again, with the same result.
I sought to download the key. Couldn't find a way once I clicked on it ...
I have the original DVD in the drive now. In case.
I suppose I've been a numpty. Advice, kind sirs?

TIA, phorepents

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debian multimedia key

Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2007-05-28 21:48.

Maybe this will help:

http://www.debian-multimedia.org/faq.html

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Getting synaptic right at the start with Etch

Submitted by phorepents on Tue, 2007-05-29 00:55.

Many thanks, Matt - it worked, like so:

The faq referred to showed an address for requesting a debian-multimedia-keyring. which I downloaded.
THEN
apt-get update
THEN
apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring

That installed realplayer apparently perfectly. The whole process has taught more about Debian: about editing source addresses and much more. This help page is very useful indeed - roll on my next problem ...
Cheers, phorepents

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