Ted Harding wrote:
presumably I need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list myself. But I'm not sure of how to format this. As an example, I have lines like
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ sarge main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
therein. What should the line[s] be to add universe/multiverse?
universe/multiverse are ubuntu names. debian doesn't call them that.
Why does the middle line say sarge? Shouldn't there be a line like that saying etch?
I'd expect running a mixed sarge-etch machine like that would cause the missing dependency problems. The etch bits are asking for packages that are in the main etch repository, but the above only knows about the main sarge repository which doesn't have all the packages in the required versions.
The current stable code name is lenny, too, but read the upgrading instructions in the release notes before changing it over. http://www.uk.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en....
Hope that helps,