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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
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apt-get update
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
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apt-get update
Is this how I should edit ? I got this from Ubuntu forum.stevepusser wrote:Since the firmware package is non-free, you are going to have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list as sysadmin (root or sudo) and change this line
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
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apt-get update
What are the commands to find & replace the url
Open your source.list using your favorite text editor, ie
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
locate http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu and replace it with http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu.
The url's are in a file named "sources.list"by acer-manjaro »What are the commands to find & replace the url
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cd /etc/apt
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nano sources.list
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su
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nano sources.list
Thanks that helpedGarryRicketson wrote: you will see the various lines that are urls,...you then simply edit the line,
as needed.
It would be to your advantage to read some tutorials on the basic linux commands.
basic linux commands
Pick any tutorial you want.
There also is this, it explains about editing the sources.list file,..
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
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# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 L$
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8 _Jessie_ - Official Snapshot amd64 LIV$
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-$
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non$
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib$
deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/xenlism-wildfire/repo d$
Wifi iwl3945 support only in debianstevepusser wrote:What? How are you editing the file to get the messed up characters at the end of the lines, such as non-$ instead of non-free?
OK, you are a complete beginner, and we all have been there before. Is there some reason you are starting with Debian, which is not newbie-friendly, instead of one of the many Debian derivatives that have gone to great effort to make Debian easier for beginners?
By copying from a truncated unwrapped line in nano in a smallish x-terminalstevepusser wrote:What? How are you editing the file to get the messed up characters at the end of the lines, such as non-$ instead of non-free?
AdrianTM wrote:There's no hacker in my grandma...
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cp /etc/apt/sources.list sources.list
gedit sources.list
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sudo cp sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list
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su -c 'cp sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list'
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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
Yep, It worked.phenest wrote:There's only one way to find out. Install it. It can't hurt.
&firmware-iwlwifi_0.43_all.deb
Solved the Wifi & Ethernet issue. (respectively)firmware-linux-nonfree_0.43_all.deb