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On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:52:26 +0000 Grant Sewell wrote:
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:44:28 +0000 Richard Brown wrote:So does anybody know how I can configure apt-get in lindows to be able to do away with the whole $4.95 thing!Presumably it still uses the ol' /etc/apt/sources.list file? If so, edit that by hand and use some other deb resource(s) - Debian/Ubuntu/etc. You may want to "apt-get update" immediately followed by "apt-get upgrade" (or "apt-get dist-upgrade"). I don't know (but I doubt) if Synaptic is already installed, but I can recommend that for subsequent package searching. You should also read very carefully whether you've been tied into a $4.95/month for a minimum of 1 year or not. HTH Grant.
Forgot to mention: if you're unfamiliar, the format of the sources.list file is as such (more info from "man sources.list") <type> <location> <tree> <branch> So, my sources.list file, using the Debian Sid (unstable) tree is as follows: deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/contrib deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/main deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/main deb-src ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-US/non-free If you use the "stable" tree then there's also some security sources you can use. Not sure if there available for testing, though. HTH some more. Grant. -- Artificial intelligence is no match for nuratal stidutipy. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.