[ale] Fw: HOW2 resolve aptitude conflict ? <---- ATTN: JamesSumners

[James Sumners]

I got it; please keep the discussion on the list.

It looks like the package you want to install is in the security
repository. Add `deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
contrib` to your sources.list. Then run this command `apt-get update
&& apt-get upgrade && apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7`. That
should resolve your problem.

As an extra note. If you are going to be running the stable branch, do
not forget to add the security repository to your sources. I didn't
include "non-free" in the source line because it doesn't look like you
are using non-free packages. If you decide to do so, don't forget to
add 'non-free' to the security source as well.


On 10/21/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> James,
>
> I sent you an email which may not have succeeded so I'll just send you here
> the only source I used:
>
>     deb http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian sarge main contrib
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Courtney
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Sumners" <james.sumners at gmail.com>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 10:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Fw: HOW2 resolve aptitude conflict ? <---- ATTN:
> JamesSumners
>
>
> > If your sources.list only references the stable/Sarge branch I don't
> > see how you would be getting this error. Please post the contents of
> > /etc/apt/sources.list . I'll make further recommendations from there.
> >
> > On 10/21/06, Courtney Thomas <courtneycthomas at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > James,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > >
> > > As I'm sure you can tell, I'm awkwardly groping toward Debian literacy
> and
> > > am now
> > > quite befuddled at the murky descriptions of 'foolin' with Debian'.  :-)
> > >
> > > Anyway, to attempt more clarity on my current circumstance.....
> > >
> > > I was runnin' 2.4.17 and want to upgrade to Sarge, which I've belatedly
> > > learned
> > > is, apparently, capable of runnin' under 2.4.27 as well as 2.6x. I've
> been
> > > told
> > > that it would be best at this point to stay with 2.4.27 rather than
> tryin'
> > > to go 2.6.x.
> > >
> > > So, at this point I'm plannin' on installing 2.4.27 by means of:
> > >
> > >     aptitude install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-k7
> > >
> > > which produced the errors to which you referred.
> > >
> > > I should also add that I've, probably mistakenly, already
> > > switched to "sarge" in my sources.list and:
> > >
> > >     apt-get update
> > >     apt-get -u dist-upgrade
> > >
> > > but....have not installed an appropriate 'new' kernel
> > >
> > > Now, given your fuller understanding, that "stable" is what
> > > I'm after:
> > >
> > > 1 - since I did the dist-upgrade to 'sarge' while runnin' 2.4.17,
> > >      where am I now, regarding what is currently installed  ?
> > >
> > > 2 - what do you recommend to resolve the libc6/newKernel
> > >      need, given that I've already done a sarge dist-upgrade  ?
> > >
> > > I apologize for the length of this msg but hopefully this will
> > > permit clarity for your effort to bail-me-out  :-)
> > >
> > > Most appreciatively,
> > >
> > > Courtney
> >
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> >
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-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
CH:D 59