While using another Internet connected Linux system, execute the following 3 wget commands in a terminal window to download the needed packages to upgrade ppp:
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wget -c http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/network-manager-pptp/network-manager-pptp-gnome_0.8.1-1_i386.deb
wget -c http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/network-manager-pptp/network-manager-pptp_0.8.1-1_i386.deb
wget -c http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/ppp/ppp_2.4.5-4_i386.deb
Once you are back in LMDE, using sudo, copy the 3 packages (from the USB stick) to /var/cache/apt/archives.
example:
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sudo cp /media/disk-1/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/.
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sudo apt-get install ppp