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How to use Stretch/testing packages?
I've adapted the instructions here to our case.
First, create the following files in /etc/apt/preferences.d:
jessie.pref:
Package: *
Pin: release a=jessie
Pin-Priority: 900
stretch.pref:
Package: ...
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What is the latest sources.list for Raspbian?
It seems my problem has been a temporary one.
Some weeks after posting my original question, the settings just started working. I did not actually do anything. I guess "stretch" was not really ready ...
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How can I restore my raspberry pi sources list
These are the default entries from an unmodified image:
rpi ~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ buster main contrib non-free rpi
# Uncomment line ...
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Adding Debian Security Repository GPG key
Get the missing public keys from the Ubuntu keyserver and try if it helps:
rpi ~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys AA8E81B4331F7F50 112695A0E562B32A
Executing: /tmp/apt-...
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Change to Testing Suite
Usually you have an image of the Raspbian version that you can download from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ or from https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/. But as far as I know there is ...
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How are Raspbian repositories organized?
Raspbian is based on Debian and its repositories share the same code names. Basically:
wheezy and wheezy-staging are Debian 7 (code name Wheezy)
jessie and jessie-staging are Debian 8 (code name ...
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Why there is a collabora.list on my raspbian wheezy source repo?
Collabora has improved software for the foundation under contract. They implemented Hardware acceleration inside Webkit (for Ephiphany) and did work on a Wayland desktop called Maynard.
It makes ...
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Why there is a collabora.list on my raspbian wheezy source repo?
As the directory would suggest, those are the list of "sources" from which apt-get will pull applications from. etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list lists the official repos, and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/...
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Difference between archive.raspbian.org and archive.raspberrypi.org
Raspbian is the project which recompiles the Debian archive for the Pi architecture. Debian is one of the principal Linux distributions.
raspberrypi.org is the charity and holds packages specifically ...
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Can not save sources.list
The sources.list file is owned by root, which means that the standard Raspberry Pi user doesn't have write access to the file. The simplest way to get a graphical, root level file editor is by opening ...
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What is the latest sources.list for Raspbian?
They have the new "Stretch" version out now. You can find it here
That Q&A contains all the upgrade instructions.
To upgrade, first modify the files /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources....
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Malformed line in source list
As indicated by the message in the error message the problem (probably) lies with the first line in the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list. The files under sources.list.d are intended for ...
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Lost /etc/apt/sources.list
You don't say what OS you are using, but the sources for Raspbian Buster should be something like:-
deb http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian/ buster main contrib non-free rpi
# Uncomment line ...
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Unable to install dialog package
looks like the default live cd needs a repo update
sudo add-apt-repository universe
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The mirror that apt-get is trying to use is down
I found the list of mirrors for Raspbian and found one that was working. I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list file from:
deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian jessie main contrib non-free
deb ...
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Why there is a collabora.list on my raspbian wheezy source repo?
In addition to the individual files in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list files that Jacobm001 refers to, the "master" file in /etc/apt/sources.list is also used - it pre-dates the "individual ...
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cannot install python-dev
python-dev package does exist in both Wheezy and Jessie. The message Package 'python-dev' has no installation candidate simply means that your system cannot satisfy all its dependencies, which often ...
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cannot install python-dev
I see that you are mixing major distribution versions, i.e. your listing has both Raspbian 7.x (Wheezy) and 8.x (Jessie) in your sources.list files. That does not sound good to me - I would suggest ...
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