Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 18:33:12 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: [...] > But, two more questions: > > the mozilla-browser package is not there in Debian Sid. How can I know what > its equivalent is? Running "apt-cache search mozilla browser" finds, among other things, the "iceape" package. "apt-c

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-10 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 03:08:52AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from Mandrakelinux) > and have been happy with stable versions, Sarge and then Etch. Now for > particular needs I want to try to use

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I edited sources.list as follows: > >>> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main >>> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > > > , then connected to internet and did: > > # apt-get update > # apt-get dist-upgrade > > , but s

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-08 Thread chris
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:32:15 +0200, Javier Barroso wrote: > On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Rodolfo Medina > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> >> >> [...] Now for >> >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 >> kernel. >> >> >> >> I edited sources.

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-07 Thread Javier Barroso
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:23 AM, Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> [...] Now for > >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 > kernel. > > > > I edited sources.list as follows: > > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-07 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 01:23:28AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote: > > >> [...] Now for > >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. > > > > I edited sources.list as follows: > > >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > >> d

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> [...] Now for >> particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. I edited sources.list as follows: >> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main >> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main , then connected to internet a

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-07 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:32 +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> > > Now for particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = > >> > > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. > >> > > > >> > > Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid > >> > > distribu

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > > Now for particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = >> > > 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. >> > > >> > > Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid >> > > distribution and how to manage it after installation (packages and so >> > > on

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 12:12, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:45:54, Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (s

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:45:54, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unst

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 11:13, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unstable). >> Except that OP is bandwidth-constrained. Why would tha

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,05.Aug.08, 11:05:42, Ron Johnson wrote: >> Yes but you can install a Debian with a business card and then you have >> the choice in the release you want to grab (stable, testing or unstable). > > Except that OP is bandwidth-constrained. Why would that be worse than a full-upgrade (dist-up

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/05/08 09:22, Thomas Preud'homme wrote: Tuesday 05 August 2008, Javier Barroso wrote : [snip] Rodolfo, Sid hasn't got a installer, you have to install lenny / etch and then upgrade / full-upgrade to sid changing /etc/apt/sources.list as people said. Yes but you can install a Debian with

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Tuesday 05 August 2008, Javier Barroso wrote : > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/8/5 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > > > > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from > > > > Ma

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: On 08/04/08 16:26, Jochen Schulz wrote: Rodolfo Medina: Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid distribution You have been using Debian and don't know how to do that? -Interesting. :) Maybe he's a happy *user* of a relatively unchanging system.

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-05 Thread Javier Barroso
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/8/5 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from > Mandrakelinux) > > and have been happy with stable versions, Sarg

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/04/08 16:26, Jochen Schulz wrote: Rodolfo Medina: Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid distribution You have been using Debian and don't know how to do that? -Interesting. :) Maybe he's a happy *user* of a relatively unchanging system. You only have to ad

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
Rodolfo Medina: > > Please can anybody indicate how to fetch and install a Debian Sid distribution You have been using Debian and don't know how to do that? -Interesting. :) You only have to add sid to your sources.list (copy existing lines and replace etch/stable with sid) and then run aptitude

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-04 Thread Kent West
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from Mandrakelinux) > and have been happy with stable versions, Sarge and then Etch. Now for > particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. > > Pl

Re: Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-04 Thread Adrian Levi
2008/8/5 Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi to all the Debian users community. > > I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from Mandrakelinux) > and have been happy with stable versions, Sarge and then Etch. Now for > particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.

Debian Sid first time user

2008-08-04 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi to all the Debian users community. I've been using Debian for a couple of years now (coming from Mandrakelinux) and have been happy with stable versions, Sarge and then Etch. Now for particular needs I want to try to use Sid with a > = 2.6.25-2-686 kernel. Please can anybody indicate how to f