This is operationally clear, but would like to full understand: What I understand is that, in order to have a LMDE in sync with Debian testing, I have to: 1. Follow diections in http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2544 (done) 2. Wait until the "upcoming jessie freeze" (whatever is that).
Therefore, there is no way to have a real LMDE system with QGIS from Debian testing repos right now. The options are: 1. Install from the qgis.org repo (although the page says "Jessie (8.x; testing, not yet released):") 2. Upgrade to Debian testing from LMDE (risk of not being able to use some extra LMDE fuctionality as some could break) and install from the Debian testing repo (deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main contrib non-free) 3. Reinstall using the Debian installer. (no extra LMDE fuctionality at all) Is this correct? Agus On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> Right, I have there: >> deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian main upstream import >> deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing main contrib non-free >> deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main >> contrib non-free >> deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free >> deb http://extra.linuxmint.com debian main > > Those look like the repositories recommended by the "LMDE Update Pack 8" > instructions. > >> I've commented out all these lines, rerun Synaptic and found qgis et >> al. Is this what I have to do? Just comment out >> those lines and go on and install? Should I keep those lines commented >> from now on? > > The update pack instructions don't talk about switching to offical Debian > repositories, but speak of syncing with the upcoming jessie freeze. > > If you don't need the Mint specific packages anymore, you don't need their > repositories so can keep them commented out or you can just remove them. > > You should upgrade all installed packages instead of just installing qgis > and other packages you want. This will upgrade you system to Debian > jessie, but may break Mint specific packages. > > The recommended upgrade procedure comes down to: > > apt-get update > apt-get upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade (may need multiple runs to upgrade everything) > > You can consult the release notes for the current stable release for more > information relevant during upgrades: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > Alternatively you can reinstall your system with the jessie proper using > the Jessie Beta 1 installer, see: > > https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > Kind Regards, > > Bas > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cag4nrejuvoke7tn0ykrtrf-exqz-j1ultfwwy5rkse8nud-...@mail.gmail.com
