Debian Sources List Generator
Posted by Admin on 12th January 2010
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Howto use downloaded ISOs as a repository in Debian
Posted by Admin on 4th August 2009
Instead of inserting (or even burning) multiple CDs to install software in debian you can just use the downloaded ISOs.
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HowTo upgrade from Debian Etch (4.0 ) to Lenny (5.0)
Posted by Admin on 29th December 2008
Debian Lenny’s release is getting closer and closer and many people will want to upgrade their Etch servers to Lenny.This is currently in testing so it is not recommended to use these instruction in production.
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How to prevent a package from being updated in Debian
Posted by Admin on 12th June 2008
If you want to update all the packages other than one in your debian server follow this procedure
There are three ways of holding back packages, with dpkg, aptitude or with dselect.
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Howto Select Fastest Mirror in Debian
Posted by Admin on 9th May 2008
If you want to select Fastest Mirror in Debian follow this tutorial and this is very helpful if you want to download and install your debian packages,Updates .netselect-apt automatically creates a sources.list file for using with apt for the specified distribution by downloading the list of Debian mirrors using wget and choosing the fastest servers (both US and non-US) using netselect. The output file is written to OUTFILE.
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How to Install Backports Debian Packages
Posted by Admin on 5th April 2007
If You are running Debian stable, because you prefer the stable Debian tree. It runs great, there is just one problem: the software is a little bit outdated compared to other distributions. That is where backports come in.
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