Debian etch apt-get issue
I am setting up a local development server at work as our main development server is in Melbourne and we have no root access (so permissions changes on directories can take days, literally, before they are actioned). I am using debian as it is the OS used on the main dev server (if it was up to me, I’d use CentOS, but thats a story for another day). I used the internet setup disc image to minimise what I downloaded and installed a bare-bones system on a machine here.
When I went to use aptitude (apt-get) to install required software and servers, I kept getting errors advising me of the dependants needed for the install, but the error says “but it is not installable”. For some reason, I was unable to install anything. Anyway, after some searching it appeared that the default sources.list file (/etc/apt/sources.list) contained repositories for security patches only. Adding the following line sorted it for me; (NOTE. Use a locally hosted mirror or updates will take you forever);
deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian etch main
Also, as a side note, on etch, use vim, not vi as its much, MUCH easier and you wont pull your hair out as much.
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