apt sources?

[Jakob Nickerson]

As I understand it....  which could be way off...  the souces are
quite simple to make...

the format is "deb [url] [dist] [cat] [cat...]" and have "deb-src
[url] [dist] [cat...]" as well(if there are sources, which i think you
can tell by going into the cat folders(explained below) and checking
for a sources.gz file)

so, if you go to the url... http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

and click dists... you have choices, like hoary, warty, wart-security,
and warty-updates.

any of hose can go in the dists spot...

and if you click on those...  there are some files and folders(you can
tell by the trailing slash) any of those can go in the cat spot
separated by a space...

so...

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted
universe multiverse

will get you the files you need for stuff... and

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted
universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main
restricted universe multiverse

should get you the security updates...  I added warty-updates to my
list as well...  I'm curious was changing warty to hoary would do
though...  hmm...

Just thought that maybe trying to explain it would be better than
cookbook style stuff...  but as I said, I could be wrong on the whole
matter...

~Jakob

On 27 Oct 2004 02:58:15 -0000, dpfear.4302739 at bloglines.com
<dpfear.4302739 at bloglines.com> wrote:
> Hi, Jim
> 
> The apt sources you mentioned can be enabled using the synaptic
> package manager. Goto the settings menu in synaptic and click on repositories
> from that menu - will allow you to do what you want to do.
> 
> Here are the
> stanzas from my apt sources.list file i think you are after:
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> warty main restricted
> 
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
> 
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted
> 
> Hope this helps..
> 
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> 
> --- Jim Cheetham <jim at iNode.co.nz wrote:
> 
> I
> forced an install of a release CD over the top of my preview-upgraded
> 
> >
> machine yesterday, for reasons that are open to criticism :-)
> 
> >
> 
> > However,
> today I noticed that my apt-sources file has been reset to
> 
> > cover only
> the CDROM. I guess this is because I didn't ask the installer
> 
> > to set up
> my network sources - I didn't do that step at all, I ran as
> 
> > custom-expert
> and went straight to install base system (after mounting
> 
> > disks), and then
> finished.
> 
> >
> 
> > That's not a big problem, and I don't think the installer
> should have
> 
> > "done the right thing" ... but ... I can't remember what the
> correct
> 
> > apt/sources.list stanzas are.
> 
> >
> 
> > I can see in the wiki how
> to add universe :-) but what about warty and
> 
> > security? Can someone post
> a working sources.list, please?
> 
> >
> 
> > Also, is there an alias to "current"
> in the same vein as Debian's
> 
> > "stable -> woody" setup?
> 
> >
> 
> > -jim
> 
> 
> 
> >
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