Two days ago I did a smooth and easy install of LMDE 201403 (Cinnamon 64bit) on a Lenonov T500 but, as this is my first install of LMDE, I find that I have the beginnings of questions related to LMDE maintenance.
Reading, I know that LMDE is based on Debian testing but Debian testing appears to have recently changed and so I don't know if LMDE 201403 is based Wheezy or Jessie; can someone say which it is?
Also, reading Clem's LMDE Update Pack 8 comments at http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2544, I find that to prepare for the next UP I am alter /etc/apt/sources.list to point to the following repositories:
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib no$
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
Clem notes that using a UP8 safe mirror is advisable, but that the repository URL would necessarily be changed to a selected mirror's address.
Selecting http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint-debian/latest/ as the UP8 safe mirror, it it correct to change
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib no$
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
to
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint-debian/latest/ testing main contrib non-free
deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint-d ... t/security testing/updates main contrib no$
deb http://mirrors.xmission.com/linuxmint-d ... multimedia testing main non-free
Thanks for your time.
Questions relating to LMDE 201403
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Re: Questions relating to LMDE 201403
LMDE is frozen snapshots of Debian Testing (currently Jessie).
If you install mint-mirrors and mintsources, you can let these packages handle your sources.list files
In a terminal type:
and select the fastest mirror.
If you install mint-mirrors and mintsources, you can let these packages handle your sources.list files
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apt install mint-mirrors mintsources
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mintsources
Re: Questions relating to LMDE 201403
I forgot to mention that it will probably duplicate your repo list and that after using mintsources, you should delete your /etc/apt/sources.list file
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Delete /etc/apt/sources.list? How does it get rebuilt?killer de bug wrote:I forgot to mention that it will probably duplicate your repo list and that after using mintsources, you should delete your /etc/apt/sources.list file
Should one save /etc/apt/sources.list before using "mintsources" and restore it after the UDn?
Again, thanks...
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Re: Questions relating to LMDE 201403
It doesn't, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-packages-repositories.list generated by mintSources is used instead. See the Update Pack notes for more info.
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Ha! More information! Good! But I'm slightly confused about how ~/sources.list is involved - no matter, I'll get to the bottom of it (hopefully sooner than later).Monsta wrote:It doesn't, /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-packages-repositories.list generated by mintSources is used instead. See the Update Pack notes for more info.
I'm guessing that 'apt' is not aware of ~/sources.list.d/official-packages-repositories.list. I also guess that 'apt' (outside possible/probable use by 'mintstources') functions independent of 'mintsources'; how does this influence one's use of the 'Synaptic Package Manager'?
I'll be looking at your ref. to "Update Pack notes" now.
Thanks for your time and effort...