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Thursday, 15 September 2011 06:31 |
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Using Old Debian Versions In Your sources.list
You might be in a situation where you have a sytem with an old Debian
version that has reached end of life, like Etch, Sarge, Woody, etc.,
and a distribution upgrade is not an option for you (maybe because you
have customized the system so much that you fear breaking the system by
doing a distribution upgrade). The "normal" repositories for these old
versions do not exist anymore, which means you cannot install new
software or update existing packages using apt. This tutorial shows how
you can modify your /etc/apt/sources.list to still get packages for your old Debian version using apt. Read more: |