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#1 2021-09-15 17:37:02

torquebar
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Registered: 2021-09-15
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[SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

As a new Devuan user I tried to include some repos to install other packages
like gftp, nedit, qjackctl, qsynth, zynaddsubfx, rosegarden, jack_capture etc:

http://dev1galaxy.org/viewforum.php?id=7
says:
"Devuan recommends using deb.devuan.org in your /etc/apt/sources.list"

If I include lines like

deb http://deb.devuan.org/
deb http://deb.devuan.org
http://deb.devuan.org/
http://deb.devuan.org
deb.devuan.org/

and launch Synaptic I get the error
--------------------------------
E: Malformed entry 8 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
---------------------------------

What else can I try?


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#2 2021-09-15 18:17:06

larsH
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Registered: 2020-05-05
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Re: [SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

Hi

Ahh, a fellow musician. Welcome

They are  indeed malformed

Should look like this:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib
deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-f>

Change the distribution to yours if not chimaera

Have a nice day
Lars H

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#3 2021-09-15 18:21:58

golinux
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Registered: 2016-11-25
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Re: [SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

sources.list info is detailed here.  Chimaera has not been released yet but you are welcome to test.  Otherwise use beowulf which is the current stable release.

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#4 2021-09-15 18:28:05

torquebar
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Re: [SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

larsH wrote:

Hi

Ahh, a fellow musician. Welcome

They are  indeed malformed

Should look like this:

deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib
deb-src http://deb.devuan.org/merged chimaera main non-free contrib

deb http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-free
deb-src http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged chimaera-security main contrib non-f>

Change the distribution to yours if not chimaera

Have a nice day
Lars H

Thanks, that was FAAAST :-)

https://www.devuan.org/os/documentation … owulf.html
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-updates main
deb http://deb.devuan.org/merged beowulf-security main

It's working ok now

I'm 78 and a Suse user but I'm getting too many issues with both
Leap and Tumbleweed when trying to do music so I gotta set up
an alternative. Don't really wanna climb the migration curve but
anything short of that sounds good!


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#5 2021-09-15 18:37:52

torquebar
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Re: [SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

golinux wrote:

sources.list info is detailed here.  Chimaera has not been released yet but you are welcome to test.  Otherwise use beowulf which is the current stable release.

thanks


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#6 2021-09-15 19:08:46

golinux
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Re: [SOLVED] Synaptic mirrors?

Happy that you got things sorted and welcome to Devuan.

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