HOWTO: Edit /etc/apt/sources.list

[Magneto]

Show your sources.list - you have any secrets in there?

here's mine- i separated everything all neat and orderly for use in synaptics just check and uncheck things when I can't find that certain bit of software.
Can be very useful when trying to get apps with weird dependencies blocking your progress.

The mods and everyone else will be sure to tell you- **INSTALL from other than ubuntu warty main and warty-security main at your own risk**

n00bs- this file is what apt-get/synaptics uses to find available software for you to install.Any lines with the # will be ignored. Be very careful when upgrading your system with any UNSUPPORTED software repositories activated (not commented out with a # sign). You don't want a miss-matched hoary-warty-debiantesting system, unless you do and you have plenty of time and tylenol ;) but then you'd be using Gentoo. Anyway if this is all new to you try "man apt-get" before you modify anything. Good luck.

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 4.10 _Warty Warthog_ - Preview i386 Binary-1 (20041020)]/ unstable main restricted

#############Ubuntu Warty##############

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty multiverse
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty restricted

deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty multiverse
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty restricted


##############Ubuntu Security##############

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security restricted
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security universe
#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security multiverse

deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security restricted
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security universe
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security multiverse


##############Ubuntu Warty Updates################
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates main
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates restricted
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates universe
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates multiverse

# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates main
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates restricted
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates universe
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-updates multiverse

#--------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------------------Hoary------------------------------------
#############Ubuntu Hoary##############
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary multiverse
# deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary restricted

# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary multiverse
# deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary restricted


##############Ubuntu Security##############
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security universe
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security multiverse

# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security restricted
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security multiverse



#---------------------------Non_Ubuntu------------------------------



###############Debian###############


#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable contrib
#deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable non-free

#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US contrib
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US non-free


#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib

#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US contrib
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US non-free


#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing non-free
#deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing contrib

#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US contrib
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US non-free




###########Individual Packages############

#amarok binaries
# deb http://www.kalyxo.org/debian/ unstable main


#Packages: lame, lame-dev, lame-extras, liblame0, lame-ha, lame-dev-ha, lame-extras-ha, liblame0-ha, xmms-musepack, xmms-musepack-386, xmms-musepack-k7, cue2toc, libaudio-wav-perl, shntool, shorten, xmms-shn
# deb http://rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable/ ./


#http://marillat.free.fr/ mplayer +
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

[oddabe19]

root@ubuntu:/home/oddabel/Desktop # cat /etc/apt/sources.list

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 4.10 _Warty Warthog_ - Preview i386 Binary-1 (20040928)]/ unstable main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.

#Universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted


#Multimedia
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main

#Mono
deb http://www.getsweaaa.com/~tseng/ubuntu/debs/ ./
deb-src http://www.getsweaaa.com/~tseng/ubuntu/debs/ ./

#Multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted universe multiverse

#hoary release
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted

#KDE 3.3, really slow, so screw it.
#deb http://geeksoc.org/~jr/ubuntu/ unstable main

#Misc stuff
#deb http://apt.cerkinfo.be/ unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://apt.cerkinfo.be/ unstable main contrib non-free
root@ubuntu:/home/oddabel/Desktop #


I use hoary, that's why the Warty Source repos are commented out. I was getting conflicts compiling sources... so i just keep the hoary source repos now.

[jdodson]

thats great! thanks! make sure to put HOWTO in the subject next time :-)

HOWTO: add to sources list, or add other repositories, etc.

[Magneto]

thats great! thanks! make sure to put HOWTO in the subject next time :-)

HOWTO: add to sources list, or add other repositories, etc.
Who am I to disagree with Mr. T. I changed it.

[jmontano]

here goes mine

got mplayer working fine - also xine streamtuner - some kde apps - latest gaim - Im using hoary

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# tseng's cool mono repository. Get muine, it rocks.

deb http://www.getsweaaa.com/~tseng/ubuntu/debs/ ./

# This is for illegal stuff. You want w32codecs for sure, and the mplayer stuff,
# make sure you snag totem-xine from universe, and you'll be able to play
# anything. Don't blame me if this is illegal in your country, heh.

deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

deb http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe

deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing non-free

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted

# gdesklets from apt-get.org
deb http://j.portalier.free.fr/debian/ testing main

# http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1968
# How can I use FreeNX with Ubuntu?
deb http://kanotix.com/files/debian/ ./


# wine
deb http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/debian woody/bunk-1 main contrib non-free
# arp-fun: Arp-fun, an ARP Spoofing utility
deb http://people.debian.org/~amaya/debian ./

# kopete
deb http://kopete.creativa.cl/debian/sid ./

# opera
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free

# logreports: lire
deb http://apt.logreport.org/pub/debian local contrib

# chmviewer
deb http://www.herdsoft.com/debian woody main non-free

# dansguardian
deb http://www.pcxperience.org/apt/debian stable/

# wajig system administration by command line tool.
deb http://www.togaware.com/debian ./

# jabber
deb http://sgolovan.nes.ru/debian/ ./