Overview
in memoriam, John Lions (University of New South Wales)
"On our campus the UNIX system has proved to be not only an effective software tool, but an agent of technical and social change within the University."
Debian GNU software distribution
&FS; distributions, such as &DEB;, are — as the name implies — comprised of a large number of &FS; programs. That's why, when you pick &DEB;, you get not only a basic operating system, but a complete environment with more (much more) than 15,000 precompiled, prepackaged and
For you, the
Advanced Package Tool
Most computer environments recognize the concept of
Debian specifically has developed a
Configuring APT
There's very little you need to do to configure your Debian package management system, but it's a critical step and you need to get it right.
remove the /etc/apt/sources.list file, if it exists (run rm /etc/apt/sources.list)
if you have an Internet link working, run Debian installation manual, section "Configuring the network", or in this Guide)
If your Debian installation does not have
if you have any Debian GNU CD-Roms, run
run /etc/apt/sources.list, retrieve package indexes and prepare local cache. Watch out for any error output; if it tells you to run the command one more time, do so
The apt-cdrom add commands will only configure your /etc/apt/sources.list file, which is all it takes to get on stage with /etc/apt/sources.list file.
/etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.
To take advantage of Debian mirror sites, reduce Internet traffic and achieve better speed, replace CC with your country code, such as de, au or hr. If you're unsure, putting any of those (or us) should be fine.
Having configured