Hi! I'm new to UBUNTU!
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Sun May 30 12:49:03 UTC 2010
On May 30, 2010, at 5:29 AM, Maurice McCarthy <manselton at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Jorge
>
> Perhaps I'm teaching granny to suck eggs but what is in your file
> /etc/apt/sources.list ? I have
>
> = = =
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
>
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main
> restricted
>
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid universe
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates universe
>
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main restricted
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security main
> restricted
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security universe
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
> deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lucid-security multiverse
>
> # deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free
> # disabled on upgrade to lucid
> # deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free # disabled on upgrade
> to lucid
> = = =
>
> If you add or remove a deb source then you can run
>
> sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
>
> just as you would in Debian and everything should work out fine.
> (According to Joey Hess you should always use aptitude in preference
> to apt-get. See
> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2004-04/3181.html and
> so far as I know that advice remains good.)
Thanx for the info, Maurice, I will have to confirm it on the Linux
box at work on Tuesday after the Memorial Day weekend.
A. Jorge Garcia
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
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