[PLUG] How to configure repositories in Debian

[John Jason Jordan]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:19:58 -0800
Paul Mullen <pm at nellump.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 11:46:23PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > In Ubuntu there is a list of additional repositories and you just
> > check them to use them, but I can't find the list in Debian.
> 
> I don't know what the GUI way of doing things is, but if you don't
> mind doing it the hard way, a good start would be to add the Oregon
> State Debian repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
> 
> deb http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian unstable main non-free contrib 
> deb-src http://debian.oregonstate.edu/debian unstable main non-free contrib 
> 
> If you're not using the "unstable" branch, you'll want to adjust those
> lines accordingly.

Got it! Now I have over 26,000 packages available. I'll figure out the details about repositories later.

And now I have Sylpheed installed and I'm sending this from my new Debian installation.

Thanks a bunch!