ok found a website for which generates source.list http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free please confirm if above repositories are good to go with, In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add a repo then i must comment it after installing the "whatever package" On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 6:10 PM, keith <km3...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:37:16 +0500 > Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sir...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] >> > >> > [0] It seems like you had several entries in your sources.list file(s) >> > - post the content of your file here. >> >> deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main >> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main >> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main >> > > Delete the last line from your /etc/apt/sources.list > > (# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main) > > And, I believe you can change 'squeeze' to 'stable', & remain updating the > stable version, whatever the name. > > Just as an aside; to make it easy on yourself, if you need to re-install > again, make your partitioning scheme friendly. > > i.e. One partition for swap, One partition for the / (system), & at least > another for your /home (&/or data); > then if you have to re-install, only overwrite your / partition. You should, > of course, still have backups of your data as well. > > -- > keith <km3...@gmail.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAGWVfMmf36qZOXps0LuG1mxukC6kfJU4aszEN7TtsQ4=U=q...@mail.gmail.com
