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so many things I don't know how to do

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Re: so many things I don't know how to do

#21 Post by Fedora »

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deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free


deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free


This is my sources.list

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#22 Post by 4D696B65 »

Fedora wrote:

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deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free


deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free


This is my sources.list
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... ad#p694407

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Re: so many things I don't know how to do

#23 Post by sunrat »

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“ computer users can be divided into 2 categories:
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...and those who have not lost data YET ”
Remember to BACKUP!

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Re: so many things I don't know how to do

#24 Post by stevepusser »

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#25 Post by Fedora »

sunrat wrote:Currently you only have security updates active in your sources so you can't install packages from the main repositories. Edit your sources to:-

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

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

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
Remember the wiki is your friend and often has the answers you seek - https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList

I understood this perfectly guess i should have explained that I was posting my source.list file to confirm this was the problem. A presentation was starting though at a meetup I was at so it stole my attention.

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#26 Post by Wheelerof4te »

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#27 Post by Fedora »

Hello again,

Hello again guys finally got this all sorted today hope to get wire shark working soon. i did get an install few errors but thats something I will take up with wire shark. Thanks again for the help just this task was a huge education. An most of you guys were awesome. I know that my bumbling along is annoying to some but it is how i learn and I cant apologize for that, right. :P :wink:


for those curious about the errors I am getting with wire shark there below.



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Couldn't run /usr/bin/dumpcap in child process: Permission denied

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Error by extcap pipe: ** (process:16288): WARNING **: Missing parameter: --remote-host

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