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Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updating?
Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updating?
I have added the Trisquel distro's latest release stable repo to my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
I use only one package from this repo (Icecat), but I want to keep that package updated, so I want to keep the repo enabled. However, am I going to run into trouble with other Trisquel packages being offered when I apt-get upgrade or apt-cache search? I don't want to install other Trisquel packages by mistake. This might not be a big deal since Trisquel is based on Debian stable, but...I don't know what kinds of problems this might cause.
I use only one package from this repo (Icecat), but I want to keep that package updated, so I want to keep the repo enabled. However, am I going to run into trouble with other Trisquel packages being offered when I apt-get upgrade or apt-cache search? I don't want to install other Trisquel packages by mistake. This might not be a big deal since Trisquel is based on Debian stable, but...I don't know what kinds of problems this might cause.
Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
depends, what is url of the repo? did you go there and look at it? does it only contain icecat pkg? what does apt policy say about it's priority? Did you search the internet for the best way to use icecat on debian?
for myself, I resist the temptation, hoping that one day debian will have a stable/secure/privacy-oriented/free modern browser in the repo.
for myself, I resist the temptation, hoping that one day debian will have a stable/secure/privacy-oriented/free modern browser in the repo.
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Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
The mirror is https://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel/, and yes, there are other packages there.bw123 wrote:depends, what is url of the repo? did you go there and look at it? does it only contain icecat pkg? what does apt policy say about it's priority? Did you search the internet for the best way to use icecat on debian?
for myself, I resist the temptation, hoping that one day debian will have a stable/secure/privacy-oriented/free modern browser in the repo.
I'm not sure how to find the priority. I did this
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apt-cache policy icecat
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icecat:
Installed: 52.3.0-gnu1+8.0trisquel3
Candidate: 52.3.0-gnu1+8.0trisquel3
Version table:
*** 52.3.0-gnu1+8.0trisquel3 500
500 https://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel flidas-updates/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
I would not mix it with stable, let me know how it goes?
The mirror is https://mirror.fsf.org/trisquel/, and yes, there are other packages there.
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Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
Correction: it is based on UbuntubentHnau wrote:his might not be a big deal since Trisquel is based on Debian stable,
Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
Since you have it installed, would you be kind enough to look into the default preferences and post them? It should be a file ending with .js somewhere like /etc/icecat/something.js
Also, what extensions/plugins/addons are installed and enabled by defaut? Since you have v 52x is this an older ver that isn't based on the new v60 firefox-esr?
thanks
Also, what extensions/plugins/addons are installed and enabled by defaut? Since you have v 52x is this an older ver that isn't based on the new v60 firefox-esr?
thanks
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Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
// This file can be used to configure global preferences for IceCatbw123 wrote:Since you have it installed, would you be kind enough to look into the default preferences and post them? It should be a file ending with .js somewhere like /etc/icecat/something.js
// Example: Homepage
//pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/");
LibreJS, Spyblock, HTTPS Everywhere, a custom about:home page, reveal hidden HTML, something to get MCdonald's wifi, and a few that seem to help websites work despite LibreJS breaking them.Also, what extensions/plugins/addons are installed and enabled by defaut? Since you have v 52x is this an older ver that isn't based on the new v60 firefox-esr?
Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
lmao! rms had that problem posted for months, the dude got it done, freakin genius.bentHnau wrote:... something to get MCdonald's wifi,...
if you like icecat, maybe send him some email an volunteer for one of the tasks on the home page?
http://www.stallman.org/
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Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
It's probably safer to use the prebuilt Icecat binary from the GNU site than a package that was built from source on Ubuntu like the Trisquel packages. If it is based on Firefox Quantum, and requires rustc and cargo build-depends that don't appear in apt for Stretch (yet are in the Debian repo), I can't build it for Stretch on the openSUSE build service. Maybe for MX Linux on my own machine, though, by manually installing those rustc and cargo debs first.
Edit: Looks like Trisquel doesn't have the latest release, either: https://repology.org/metapackage/icecat/versions
Edit: Looks like Trisquel doesn't have the latest release, either: https://repology.org/metapackage/icecat/versions
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Re: Other repos cause trouble with package searching/updatin
Trisquel is not Debian.bentHnau wrote:I have added the Trisquel distro's latest release stable repo to my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
This might not be a big deal since Trisquel is based on Debian stable,
You already have a problem because you made a FrankenDebianbentHnau wrote:I don't know what kinds of problems this might cause.
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