Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-20 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 08:22:14AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 07/20/2014 07:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 18 iul 14, 13:32:19, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > >> > >> deb http://http.debian.net/debian stable main contrib non-free(http > >> twice? doesn't look right) > > I think he was

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-20 Thread The Wanderer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 07/20/2014 07:20 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 18 iul 14, 13:32:19, Bob Holtzman wrote: >> To recap and make *damned* sure I understand, >> >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.or

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 18 iul 14, 13:32:19, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free > > is already in sources, a simple switch from debian.org to debian.net is > all that's required. True? The security archive is handled specially and even http.debian.net r

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-18 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:14:39PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Thu 17 Jul 2014 at 12:09:27 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 09:24:03PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > > Brian wrote: > > > > .snip > > > > > Consider using > > >

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-17 Thread Brian
On Thu 17 Jul 2014 at 12:09:27 -0700, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 09:24:03PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > .snip > > > > Consider using > > > >deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-17 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 09:24:03PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Bob Holtzman wrote: > > Brian wrote: > > .snip > > > Consider using > > >deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free > > > > debian.net and not debian.org?? > > "It's cool!" :-) Vis

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Bob Holtzman wrote: > Brian wrote: > .snip > > Consider using > >deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free > > debian.net and not debian.org?? "It's cool!" :-) Visit http://http.debian.net/ and read about it. Here is the original announcemen

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 08:07:50PM +0100, Brian wrote: .snip > > Consider using > >deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy main contrib non-free debian.net and not debian.org?? -- Bob Holtzman A man is a man who will fight with a sword or tackle Mt Everest i

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:24:09 -0400 (EDT) david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Steve Litt wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit > > on a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error > > message is somet

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread davidson
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, david...@ling.ohio-state.edu wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Steve Litt wrote: Do I just put them below my corresponding rit.edu entries? sure, if you want the rit.edu ones to take precedence. man sources.list ...in particular, | It is important to list sources in order

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread davidson
On Wed, 16 Jul 2014, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit on a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error message is something to the effect that it can't reach mirrors.rit.edu, and in fact I cannot ping rit.edu, and when

Re: How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread Brian
On Wed 16 Jul 2014 at 14:50:33 -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit on > a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error message > is something to the effect that it can't reach mirrors.rit.edu, and in > fact I cannot ping rit

How to add package sources?

2014-07-16 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all, I'm trying to install install flashplugin-nonfree on Wheezy 64 bit on a dual core AMD, and it's been failing continuously. The error message is something to the effect that it can't reach mirrors.rit.edu, and in fact I cannot ping rit.edu, and when I traceroute to rit.edu it gets as far as