[ALUG] Debian (Testing) Installation Issue

[samwise]

On 09/07/07, Richard Lewis <richardlewis at fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Cool. Did you ask it to install any stuff automatically? I normally don't.
> I also normally don't install the great big, all-you-can-eat kde metapackage
> either. You can get a list of more subtle kde packages like this:
>
> $ apt-cache search "kde.*meta"
>
> The main ones are: kde-core, kdeadmin, kdenetwork, kdeutils, kdepim

Hmm ... I've seen this mentioned a few times on the web.  Given I'm
not excessively short on disk space, why would I not want to install
the KDE shebang?

> You'll also probably be looking for this some time soon:
>
> http://www.debian-multimedia.org/mirrors.html
>
> You should add the following to your /etc/sources.list:
>
> deb http://mirror.home-dn.net/debian-multimedia stable main
> deb-src http://mirror.home-dn.net/debian-multimedia stable main
>
> but be aware that these packages have a habit of moving on an almost weekly
> basis.
>
> You will probably also want to do this:
>
> $ su
> # cat 1> /usr/sbin/apt-add-key
> #!/bin/bash
> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $1 && gpg --export --armor $1 | sudo apt-key add -
> ^D
> # chmod 750 /usr/sbin/apt-add-key
>
> and then when apt complains at you that it can't find the gpg key for various
> sources, just get the key id and pass it as an argument to that script:
>
> # apt-add-key 07DC563D1F41B907
>
> Though you probably know all this already.
>
> Have fun!

Thanks Richard!

I've done most of these kinds of things before on other distros but
it's very handy to have a debian-specific guide.  :)  I have to say,
so far, I am finding the debian community a bit more fragemented than,
say, ubuntu.  Still, only just started ... :)

Peter.