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Problems upgrading Ubuntu
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---What the hell is yum? Another package manager? Why do they have to use such silly names?
How do I set it up without fucking up anything else?
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It's an rpm manager, so you need rpms to install. Using ubuntu you use deb packages don't you ? Then you might have to stick with apt.
http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/index.ptml
BTW, why not ask the Ubuntu team about your problem, they might know a solution.
worker201:
How about we have a look at your sources.list?
Here's a fiendishly comprehensive one:
http://italy.copybase.ch/blog/lista-repository-sourceslist-ottimizzata-per-ubuntu-kubuntu-linux/
Here's a basic one from the Ubuntu guide:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_add_extra_repositories
If it looks okay, consider the possibility that you have some sort of network issue, like a firewall, or you require a proxy. If the latter is the case, here's the info on how to do it:
http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man5/apt.conf.5.html
Suuposedly, there are sample conf files available in /usr/share/doc.
Aloone_Jonez:
Alright, attached is a copy of my sources.list
By the way:
--- Quote from: wiki ---BACKPORTS REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
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What does that mean?
Does it mean may contain warez, I don't like the sound of this.
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H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Alright, attached is a copy of my sources.list
By the way:
What does that mean?
Does it mean may contain warez, I don't like the sound of this.
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It may contain things that are illegal to distribute in the US ... like codecs and stuff. Livna (the Fedora Core repo of a similar nature) contains stuff like that too ... I've been using it for let's see about a year and the cops have yet to bash down my door and hawl me off.
Here is the wiki definition of the Backports repo:
--- Quote ---Backporting is the process of compiling and providing new packages for a distribution that no longer gets any updates except for security purposes - for example backports are often made to bring the latest, greatest version of a crucial piece of software to a version of an OS that it isn't officially available for. Specifically, when backporting, the package is taken from the current development version of the OS.
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source: http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
For example take a look at the packages in the hoary restricted section:
http://backports.ubuntuforums.org/ubp/dists/hoary-extras/restricted/binary-i386/
I see lots of codecs, many of them non-free and illegal to distribute in the US.
P.S. Fuck da polis !!!
Aloone_Jonez:
I still haven't managed to perform all the updates but I've managed to install WINE and it's come a long way since I last tried it. It runs OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 and I haven't noticed any bugs, it works so well and fast, I don't know why I've bothered to install the Linux version! I still can't get all my old Windows software to run but it's a lot better than it used to be. I supposes it's because there haven't been any new Windows versions released for awhile and this'll all change when Vista appears, sadly I can't imagine it running any Vista programs. :(
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