sources.list — change

***This sources.list has been updated as of January 25, 2008.***

Be sure to run the commands for adding the gpg keys for secure-testing.debian.net or apt will gripe and probably spew an error message.

My sources.list has changed slightly since I did my initial
install. Here it is now (everything between “begin” and “end”).

You will also see where I have left myself notes in the sources.list file. I do this to remember how to add gpg keys or to remind myself what each source is actually used for.

Don’t know if it will help others, but it’s here none the less…

— begin sources.list —

# Preston’s Debian Sources
#
# http://www.arrantdrivel.com/
# http://www.prestonboyington.com/

# Testing sources
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

# Having trouble with my normal Testing source so am using this one
#deb http://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/debian testing main contrib non-free

# Christian Marillat’s stuff
#
# need to import his gpg key so apt won’t gripe
# To import his key from a GPG server do the following from terminal:
# gpg –keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net –recv-keys 1F41B907
#
# then assign trust so apt won’t complain:
#
# gpg –edit-key 1F41B907
# Command> trust
# assign trust value
#
# now add the key to apt
# gpg –armor –export 1F41B907 | apt-key add -

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main

# If Christian’s site is timing out. will try and use a mirror I found on www.debian-multimedia.org/mirrors.
#deb ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/distributions/debian-multimedia unstable main

# Rarewares
deb http://www.rarewares.org/debian/packages/experimental/ ./
deb http://rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable/ ./

# Unofficial Debian packages from Kirya.net
# gpg –keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net –recv-keys FBABB737
# gpg –export -a FBABB737 | apt-key add -

deb http://packages.kirya.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.kirya.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# Sources for the Videolan project’s VLC media player
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main
deb-src http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main

deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing testing/security-updates main contrib non-free

# I was getting the following message when I ran “apt-get update”

# Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 946AA6E18722E71E

# so I entered this into the terminal:
# gpg –keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net –recv-keys 946AA6E18722E71E
# it then downloaded the proper key (8722E71E)

# — Instructions for importing secure-testing.debian.net gpg key —
#
# you need to import this gpg key so apt won’t gripe
# To import this key from a GPG server do the following from terminal:
#
# gpg –keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net –recv-keys 8722E71E
#
# then assign trust so apt won’t complain:
#
# gpg –edit-key 8722E71E
# Command> trust
# assign trust value
#
# now add the key to apt
# gpg –armor –export 8722E71E | apt-key add -

# Swiftfox – an optimized build of Mozilla Firefox
#deb http://getswiftfox.com/builds/debian/branch unstable non-free

# Madwifi Testing Sources for my wireless card
#deb ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free

# E17 Debian Repository
deb http://edevelop.org/debian unstable main

# Skype
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

# EasyCam
#deb http://blognux.free.fr/debian unstable main

— end sources.list —

I would suggest you do this:

highlight all the stuff between “begin” and “end” of the sources.list in this post

open a terminal and (assuming that you have set up users in the sudo file)

type:
sudo gedit

click “open” and go to the far left to where it says “Filesystem”.

double click “Filesystem”, then in the right hand side you will see all the root folders.

double click on “etc”, then double click on “apt”

you should see a sources.list document (not the folder) about midway down on the right.

double click this to open.

after you have it open do a “ctrl+a” to select all

then do a “ctrl+v” to paste the new sources into your sources.list

save the sources.list and close

then type:
sudo apt-get update

This activates the changes and verifies the repositories in your sources.list file.

After that is finished you can now upgrade your system with the following:

sudo apt-get upgrade

To move from one release (stable) to another (testing) use a variation of the previous command. Adding “dist-” tells apt that you want to do a distribution upgrade. As a safety measure I like to add the “dry-run” option to see what is going to be upgraded, removed, or held back.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade --dry-run

If all looks well I then remove “dry-run” and re-run the command.

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You should be good to go.

~ by Preston on November 7, 2006.