Now with latest #! but my old repos aren't working (Page 1 of 2)

sudo apt-get update

vll !

Some common cbiz abbreviations. This will save me time and yet @ same time tell folks what the babble is supposed to mean.

Vll ! = ( Viva la gnu/Linux !)    Vl#!! = ( Viva la #! !)    Last but not least, UD ... OD ! = ( Use Debian ... or die !)

OK thanks, I am about to begin the upgrade. Can you explain how updating all those packages will suddenly make visible the programs which I should have been able to see in the first place?

Last edited by ruizlinux (2012-02-03 10:54:59)

OK that messed up my internet so I've reinstalled #!

I should have been clearer at the start. All I want to do is install programs such as audacious and subtitle-editor. Before, with the older version of #!, I could just add the repos mentioned in the OP and the programs would appear in synaptic. Not so with the new #!

Reinstalled, OMG!

Why did you upgrade then to Unstable in first place? With your previous sources.list, it was a hybrid, you could screw up your system.

You have still to decide what branch of Debian you want to use. The real CrunchBang is based on Stable, if you go outside, you are not using anymore the official Statler release.

^

apt-get install audacious

But if your system is not up-to-date, then firstly:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

and on Testing/Unstable:

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

I really do not understand your issue.

Testing won't solve it, if you do not know how your OS is working.

You do not have to use the command line, there is also Synaptic but you have to stay up-to-date with your system, and there comes apt-get update in the game. You can do that also with applying all new updates from Synaptic or even install the update manager or whatever is its name.

And on Testing/Unstable systems I really advise you to use that apt-get update.

No extra repo is needed, Audacious is in the repos already.

What says:

apt-cache policy audacious

So, it is definitely there, I do not know why you cannot see it from Synaptic.

Did you try at least the easy and fast non-GUI way:

apt-get install audacious

Post here any error messages.

That is really interesting.

And/or if this doesn't help, use the search icon next to the text field to do your searching. The same thing has happened to me while using synaptic for the first time in freshly installed #!. After first reboot this behaviour has not been repeated... so problem solved.

It looked like you had certain things commented out in your sources.list that you needed active. An apt-get update should update packages in Synaptic without requiring you to hit the refresh button afterwards, as long as your sources.list was saved the way you wanted it before using apt-get update. It sounds like you're okay with staying in stable, so I'd make sure your sources.list looks like this:

    ## CRUNCHBANG
    ## Compatible with Debian Squeeze, but use at your own risk.
    deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler statler main
    #deb-src http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler statler main

    ## CRUNCHBANG MULTIMEDIA
    ## Debian Multimedia Mirror
    deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler-mm squeeze main non-free
    #deb-src http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler-mm squeeze main non-free

    ## CRUNCHBANG MOZILLA
    ## Debian Mozilla Mirror
    deb http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler-mozilla squeeze-backports iceweasel-release
    #deb-src http://packages.crunchbang.org/statler-mozilla squeeze-backports iceweasel-release

    ## DEBIAN
    deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
    #deb-src http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

    ## DEBIAN SECURITY
    deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
    #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main

    ## DEBIAN BACKPORTS
    deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free
    #deb-src http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free

The multimedia repos gives you access to more subtitle editors (e.g. Aegisub) and probably a newer version of Audacity as well. Just make sure you stick with Squeeze. Using Synaptic with Sid/Unstable can give you problems.

Last edited by Jabroneous (2012-02-04 17:41:39)