Installation manual

5
Debian and other SoftwarePackages
5. 1. Updating Debian
Keeping our Debian system up to date is very simple. Weonly need to configure apt for network updates. Tothis
end, we install the apt-spypackage and run apt-spytofind the fastest Debian mirrors. Then we edit /etc/apt/
sources.list. Downloading and installing the latest Debian updates is then as simple as issuing the twocommands
apt-get update and apt-get upgrade.
Debian Packages for Finding Fast Debian Mirrors:
apt−spy
/etc/apt.sources:
#WOODY main contrib non−free
#The following site was benchmarked at 14.49 kB/s
deb ftp://ftp.skynet.be/debian/ woody main contrib non−free
#The following site was benchmarked at 14.29 kB/s
deb ftp://ftp.stw−bonn.de/pub/mirror/debian/ woody main contrib non−free
#The following site was benchmarked at 14.29 kB/s
deb ftp://toxo.com.uvigo.es/debian/ woody main contrib non−free
#Official Debian Mirror DE
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non−free
#NON−US main contrib non−free
deb http://non−us.debian.org/debian−non−US woody non−US/main non−US/contrib non−US/non−free
#SECURITY
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non−free
Updating all Debian packages:
#> apt−get update
#> apt−get upgrade
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