Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.
Having a low data cap, I went to local library and downloaded
[ seamonkey-2.53.19.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 ].

This morning's install was straight forward and relatively uneventful.
For it to be "functional" I need some tools I've had ~forever:
1. caja-admin to have "open as administrator".
2. arandr to have a screen big enough and bright enough to see.

In Synaptic I attempted to connect to an online repository.
It told me:
> The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ -
Official
> amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40] bookworm
Release' does
> not have a Release file.
I saw no way to tell it to go online.

Synaptic's small dim "Help" didn't ;{
I haven't installed Debian programs in eons - What/where should I be
reading?

TIA

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On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.
Having a low data cap, I went to local library and downloaded
[ seamonkey-2.53.19.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 ].

This morning's install was straight forward and relatively uneventful.
For it to be "functional" I need some tools I've had ~forever:
1. caja-admin to have "open as administrator".
2. arandr to have a screen big enough and bright enough to see.

In Synaptic I attempted to connect to an online repository.
It told me:
> The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official
> amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40] bookworm Release'
does
> not have a Release file.
I saw no way to tell it to go online.

Synaptic's small dim "Help" didn't ;{
I haven't installed Debian programs in eons - What/where should I be
reading?

TIA

Richard,

Read /etc/apt/sources.list

Potentially, if you install from a DVD and do not have immediate network access, the /etc/apt/sources.list contains a DVD entry as the first line
and (possibly) commented out lines below for the main Debian repositories.

That's what the message suggests to me: if the DVD is the first line and
is not commented out, comment it out / delete it then apt update and try
again.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
([email protected])


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On 09/28/2024 12:13 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.
Having a low data cap, I went to local library and downloaded
[ seamonkey-2.53.19.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 ].

This morning's install was straight forward and relatively uneventful.
For it to be "functional" I need some tools I've had ~forever:
1. caja-admin to have "open as administrator".
2. arandr to have a screen big enough and bright enough to see.

In Synaptic I attempted to connect to an online repository.
It told me:
> The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official
> amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40] bookworm Release'
does
> not have a Release file.
I saw no way to tell it to go online.

Synaptic's small dim "Help" didn't ;{
I haven't installed Debian programs in eons - What/where should I be
reading?

TIA

Richard,

Read /etc/apt/sources.list

Potentially, if you install from a DVD and do not have immediate network access, the /etc/apt/sources.list contains a DVD entry as the first line
and (possibly) commented out lines below for the main Debian repositories.

That's what the message suggests to me: if the DVD is the first line and
is not commented out, comment it out / delete it then apt update and try again.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
([email protected])

Think you got it. I has only a single line:

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40]/ bookworm contrib main non-free-firmware

Won't be able to try the "apt update" until tonight or tomorrow.
If it doesn't work I'll compare the Debian 9 sources.list to see if I
can interpolate adequately.

Thanks.

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On 9/28/24 13:48, Richard Owlett wrote:

On 09/28/2024 12:13 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.
Having a low data cap, I went to local library and downloaded
[ seamonkey-2.53.19.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 ].

This morning's install was straight forward and relatively uneventful.
For it to be "functional" I need some tools I've had ~forever:
   1. caja-admin to have "open as administrator".
   2. arandr to have a screen big enough and bright enough to see.

In Synaptic I attempted to connect to an online repository.
It told me:
     > The repository 'cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - >>> Official
     > amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40] bookworm Release'
does
     > not have a Release file.
I saw no way to tell it to go online.

Synaptic's small dim "Help" didn't ;{
I haven't installed Debian programs in eons - What/where should I be
reading?

TIA

Richard,

Read /etc/apt/sources.list

Potentially, if you install from a DVD and do not have immediate network
access, the /etc/apt/sources.list contains a DVD entry as the first line
and (possibly) commented out lines below for the main Debian repositories. >>
That's what the message suggests to me: if the DVD is the first line and
is not commented out, comment it out / delete it then apt update and try
again.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
([email protected])

Think you got it. I has only a single line:

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD
Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40]/ bookworm contrib main
non-free-firmware

Won't be able to try the "apt update" until tonight or tomorrow.
If it doesn't work I'll compare the Debian 9 sources.list to see if I can interpolate adequately.

For comparison, here is mine:

eben@cerberus:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free-firmware non-free
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-proposed-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

(Each is one line starting with "deb". Wrap happens.)

eben@cerberus:~$ grep -v -e '^$' -e '^#' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-multimedia.list:deb
https://www.deb-multimedia.org bookworm main non-free /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mellanox_mlnx_ofed.list:deb http://linux.mellanox.com/public/repo/mlnx_ofed/24.04-0.7.0.0/debian12.1/$(ARCH)
./
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list:deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tor-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org bookworm main


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of a tech-support conversation is a constant.

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On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 12:48:41PM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

On 09/28/2024 12:13 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

On Sat, Sep 28, 2024 at 11:35:34AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

Underlying Problem: Debian is *TOO* good and reliable ;}!
32 bit Debian 9.13 has given yeoman service.
But I want some features that weren't available in the Jurassic.

Read /etc/apt/sources.list

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
([email protected])

Think you got it. I has only a single line:

deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.7.0 _Bookworm_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 with firmware 20240831-10:40]/ bookworm contrib main non-free-firmware

You need the following for bookworm sources.list - very different from sources.list for 9 - you did read the bookworm release notes?
[Note for people playing along at home: ALWAYS read the release notes - as reiterated on this list, many times].

Entries originally taken from wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

Won't be able to try the "apt update" until tonight or tomorrow.
If it doesn't work I'll compare the Debian 9 sources.list to see if I can interpolate adequately.

Don't interpolate, _read_ : lots has changed since June 2017, even if it's
only three Debian major releases.

Thanks.

All the very best, as ever,

Andy Cater
([email protected])




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