Thanks Sam. Here's the contents of my file; How should I modify it? deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-7 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-6 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-5 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-4 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r2 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20031201)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 11:36:36AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Just want to make sure that I have this right. After searching the >> archives, I found this: >> >> # vi /etc/apt/sources.list >> :%s/woody/sarge/g >> :wq >> >> # apt-get dist-upgrade >> >> >> Should I delete everything in this file and just use the above? Is this >> all that is needed to have it upgraded? Am I missing something? Any >> other considerations? > > what they're saying is, edit /etc/apt/sources.list, and replace all > instances > of the word "woody" with the word "sarge", then save the file. Those > lines > beginning with ':' are a shortcut to do that in the "vi" editor. > > then, from the shell, type: > > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > (they left out the apt-get update, I'm pretty sure that's necessary) > > > good luck! > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
