Hi
To install squeeze, up to a running graphical system,
requires only the first iso and just over 500 files.� For
wheezy, two iso's are needed and about 1700 files, to get to
Gnome 3.4. (I need a graphical environment to work. I have
ditched using the command line the moment DOS became
obsolete, and am no longer versed in it) Since Debian does
not anymore include non-free packages in their CD's, I am
without network access on both the squeeze and wheezy
installations.
Downloading the required packages using another distribution
on the same machine is not a problem - but how do I install
them?
I cannot get root access on any graphical package, because
gksu is not installed, nor am I permitted to log in as root.
Thus (??), I will have to use, in a terminal
su
aptitude install <downloaded package>
How do I tell aptitude where to find <downloaded
package>?
I presume I'll have to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file??
It currently reads (empty lines are removed)
��� # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ -
Official Snapshot amd64 CD Binary-
1 20120903-05:09]/ wheezy
main
��� deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official
Snapshot amd64 CD Binary-
1 20120903-05:09]/ wheezy
main
��� deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official
Snapshot amd64 CD Binary-2
20120903-05:09]/ wheezy main
��� deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Wheezy_ - Official
Snapshot amd64 CD Binary-3
20120903-05:09]/ wheezy main
��� # Line commented out by installer because it failed to
verify:
��� #deb
http://security.debian.org/
wheezy/updates main
��� # Line commented out by installer because it failed to
verify:
��� #deb-src
http://security.debian.org/
wheezy/updates main
(Note: the third iso was added to my installation before I
found out that non-free packages are not part of Debian
installation media any more)
Thanks
Wolfgang
On 08/09/12 03:54, Bruce Kingsbury wrote:
Just get the net install iso,
that way everything else gets installed from the
repos, the latest versions and only the packages you
actually need.
I'm still running squeeze. Not sure if I want to
upgrade just yet.
On 7 September 2012 14:41, Wolfgang
<wv99999@gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks for that link. Can you tell me how
many iso's I need to download before I can start
installing?
Wolfgang
On 07/09/12 13:50, Daniel Lawson wrote:
Hi Wolfgang
You are by no means restricted to using
Unity with Ubuntu. Not only are there
several alternatives (Kubuntu, Xubuntu,
etc) which you can either install from
scratch with a CD, or on your existing
system by installing the xubuntu-desktop
or kubuntu-desktop metapackages, but you
can also run whatever window manager you
prefer to use.�� You definitely don't
need to change distributions to change
the environment!
That said, if you want to download
Debian, I'd just get the iso from the
canonical source:�
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/#stable
There are no NZ debian iso mirrors that
I know of, and other than it perhaps
taking a bit longer to download, you
aren't really disadvantaged by getting
it from elsewhere.
If you want a Wheezy iso, I think you'll
need to get one of the debian-testing
iso images, eg
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/amd64/iso-cd/
Hi
Can somebody advise me how to download
Debian Wheezy? I want to get away from
Ubuntu 12.4, which the developers have
locked down hard enough that I am unable
to set it up the way I like my Linux to
function. Key issue is of course Unity,
which I regard as excellent for all
those who prefer small screens (i.e.
Smartphones and Tablets), but for those
of us who have bought large screens,
Unity is a regression back towards the
ugly side of DOS. (You had to remember
each command before you could use it.
Menus may be slow to work with, but
their use is quick to learn, and for
infrequently used commands they are
simply superior.)
I need the amd64 edition, and I do not
want to download just a basic system to
try whether my knowledge is good enough
to get it running, not reams after reams
of iso's that eventually I never use. A
further complication is that my wi-fi
adaptor, D-link DWA-131 (Realtek RTL
8192SU), is not correctly installed by
Suse 12.1 or Mageia-2-x86-64, and
perusal of the fora indicated that I
will have to wait until kernel 3.4 (3.2
is currently used) becomes standard
before I can use any rpm based
distribution.
I have tried Linux Mint XFCE as well, as
another possible way to escape
Canonical's lockdown into Unity, but
that does not install at all on my
machine for reasons apparently not
connected to my hardware.
What is the most appropriate server here
in NZ to download Debian?
Thank you
Wolfgang Vogelbein
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