I've been trying to add a certain entry to my sources.list file (this is Ubuntu--a newer Debian variant) but cannot puzzle out the right form for it. I've looked at the Apt how to at Debian's site, as well as the sources.list manpage: I didn't read them from beginning to end, but looking in the places that seemed most relevant didn't turn up the answer. This is not a standard Debian source, but a related project. Part of the problem here is that the documentation wants to show you how standard, Debian entries look and to explain the components. But since I'm not using a standard Debian source, I suppose I'll need to transpose them somehow to my situation. But I can't find the right information to allow me to do the transposing. Maybe someone here can help? The source I'm trying to add is:
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/Ubuntu/apt/ binary/ This is the way the url was listed in a posting I found. I checked the url and it is active, and sure enough, in the binary directory, there is a Packages.gz file as I understand there should be. When I add that line to sources.list and then start Synaptic (sissified gui thingy for apt) I get an error message about "couldn't stat source package." What am I doing wrong, and how do I add this entry successfully to sources.list? Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
