Apt-get update and apt-get upgrade
I don't know why but I can't seem to get any upgrades for weeks now. This what I get when I do apt-get update/upgrade.
carla:/home/carla# apt-get update Get:1 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release.gpg [189B] Get:2 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch Release [5535B] Get:3 http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release.gpg [378B] Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org etch Release Ign http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Packages Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org etch/main Sources Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages Get:4 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Sources Fetched 5726B in 5s (1004B/s) Reading package lists... Done carla:/home/carla# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages have been kept back: linux-image-2.6-486 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. carla:/home/carla# |
Your running stable so you will only get upgrades/updates once a security problem has been found and a fixed package has been uploaded. If you wish to have newer versions of the packages you have installed then your either have to go to www.backports.org to see if they have newer versions built for Etch or upgrade your install to the testing or unstable branches.
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switch the etch to lenny or testing if you want the latest updates. It's not the rock solid system that is etch, but I have never had a major problem with the testing branch and the minor problems are usually fixed within a day or two.
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You can also add repos that will upgrade you whenever Stable gets "point" upgrades (Etch has already had two). Add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list and you will probably be offered lots of upgrades:
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deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ proposed-updates main contrib non-free Code:
apt-get update |
Ah
Thanks that answers a lot. Yeah it ain'st broke and I am not that good with Linux yet to take any real risks. I already had to reinstal everything on two machines a month ago and reinstall all the apps. That was time consuming a stressful. I am only having one problems with browsing and that might just be Yahoo and another Linux forum that I can't seem to post on. Does very weird things. So when I posted here afterwards I thought 'ah it is those other sites and not the browser'.
Thanks so much for the advice!:cool: |
Browser problems are often (not always) Java or Flash related, so you might also check around for HOWTOs that talk about installing Java and Flash plugins for your browser.
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Yes
Yep that makes sense actually as the Yahoo site depends on those and I think I saw at the bottom of the browser something about Java. I didn't understand it though. As far as I know I installed all of that but I will take a 2nd look now that you mention it as it keeps happening especially with the same websites.
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Could be that you installed the sun-java5-jre, but you forgot to install the plugin, sun-java5-plugin
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it-etch:~# update-alternatives --config java restart firefox/iceape and type about:plugins to view your installed plugins Java should be listed. You can test java in your browser by going to http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml [edit] Edited to correct mistyped about:config command.. DOH !! [/edit] |
Actually that's "about: plugins" ...
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... and just to annoy people, it's
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about:plugins |
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I get this when I try to install the plugin:
carla:/home/carla# apt-get install sun-java5-plugin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package sun-java5-plugin farslayer-I can't quite understand the code. Sorry I am pretty much a beginner. I did the about:plugin in the browser and there are many plugins. I can't see anything about Java but this is the flash stuff: Shockwave Flash File name: libflash-mozplugin.so Flash Movie player Version 0.4.12 compatible with Shockwave Flash 4.0 Shockwave is a trademark of MacromediaŽ GPLFLash homepage : gplflash.sf.net MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-shockwave-flash Flash Plugin swf Yes application/futuresplash Future Splash spl Yes Shockwave Flash File name: libflashplayer.so Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48 MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf Yes application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl Yes Yep I tried that page http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml last night and it shows java is not installed as that green jigsaw symbol is present. All the above is using the browser Iceweasel. Now I am having a look at what Konqueror gives me. about:plugins ava Plug-in Java Plug-in KJAS for Konqueror kjavaappletviewer.so application/x-java-applet - Java Applet (class) application/x-java-bean - JavaBeans (jar) Shockwave Flash Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48 libflashplayer.so application/x-shockwave-flash - Shockwave Flash (swf) application/futuresplash - FutureSplash Player (spl) Shockwave Flash Flash Movie player Version 0.4.12 compatible with Shockwave Flash 4.0 Shockwave is a trademark of MacromediaŽ GPLFLash homepage : gplflash.sf.net libflash-mozplugin.so application/x-shockwave-flash - Flash Plugin (swf) application/futuresplash - Future Splash (spl) Using http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml It says JRE is installed. So maybe I should just use Konqueror but the only thing is I have always had trouble with Konqueror when using Ebay. When listing and editing listings. Specifically uploading pictures to the site. That is why I have been using Iceweasel because it worked for that. |
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deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main Code:
deb http//ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free |
Yes, fixing /etc/apt/sources.list is likely the solution, but here's a handy thing to know when looking for packages in general:
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# apt-cache search whatever Or, if the list you get is huge: Code:
# apt-cache search whatever | less Or to find all whatever containing the string gizmo: Code:
# apt-cache search whatever | grep gizmo |
Telemachos-so is that line supposed to be
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free or deb http//ftp.au.debian.org/ etch main contrib non-free it's just that one has the second 'debian' missing. Sorry I know I have done it but how do I edit the repositories? Should I do it in Synaptic or via a terminal. I just don't remember how. eerok-Thanks for those extra tips as I am mostly usisng the package manager. It's good to know more than one way of doing things and apt seems to be more powerful?! |
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