Jon Dowland wrote:
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 14:04:02 -0400, c0ldfusi0n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:APT uses a file named sources.list located in /etc/apt in which you tell Apt what type of Debian installation you're running (stable, testing or unstable) and where you also specify where to get the packages.
APT (http://packages.debian.org/{stable|testing|unstable}/base/apt)
Which is a frontend for DPKG
(http://packages.debian.org/{stable|testing|unstable}/base/dpkg)
Ok but how? How does apt or dpkg determine the architecture - and thus how can it be instructed to use a different one?
I'm running unstable so my /etc/apt/sources.list looks like this:
# For PHP5
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org ./
# sources.list generated by apt-spy v3.1
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US sid/non-US main contrib non-free
A stable/testing installation would be slightly different from that. I used a tool named apt-spy (apt-get install apt-spy or http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=apt-spy&searchon=all&subword=1&version=all&release=all) to genereate a list of fast mirrors. To do so, just get it and type something like
apt-spy -d {stable|testing|unstable} -a America
And let it go for a while. You'll end up with the best packages server list possible for you!
Note: does anyone ever tell you your last name oddly looks like "download"?!
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