http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/ 2010-09-04T19:28:54+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/ http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2009-04-24T13:23:16+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:apache?rev=1240572196&do=diff Some infos howto use apache the debian way: * a2enmod - enables available mod * a2dismod - disables mod * a2ensite - enables site * a2dissite - disables site To commit your changes: /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload debian, apache text/html 2009-04-24T21:21:15+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:create_package?rev=1240600875&do=diff Links you should take a look at: * Debian policy * Pbuilder user manual Just a reminder for me how to invoke dpkg-deb: fakeroot dpkg-deb --build package-dir package-dir.deb debian text/html 2008-08-21T11:19:16+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:debian?rev=1219310356&do=diff Some hints which don't fit elsewere at the moment :-) What else to find in the debian corner: debian index keyboard layout If you want to change your keyboard layout (if the us default has been installed) to e.g. a german layout: * dpkg-reconfigure locales (choose the locale you need, e.g. German * dpkg-reconfigure console-data * OK * choose keymap from list * querz * German * Standard * latin1 - no dead keys * OK text/html 2010-03-30T14:19:37+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:debmirror?rev=1269951577&do=diff Howto create your own local Debian mirror. debmirror has been updated: <http://alioth.debian.org/~fjp/log/tags/debmirror.html> You can safely install the squeeze package on a lenny host! ---------- First, install the debmirror and debian-keyring package: text/html 2010-03-25T15:58:28+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:local_apt_archive?rev=1269529108&do=diff Useful links: * <http://mirrorer.alioth.debian.org/> * <http://www.jejik.com/articles/2006/09/setting_up_and_managing_an_apt_repository_with_reprepro/> * <http://wiki.debian.org/SecureApt> Very short todo list follows: server side Install the software text/html 2009-04-24T21:22:10+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:mix_releases?rev=1240600930&do=diff If you want to install some packages from testing without upgrading your whole stable system to testing you can tell apt how to deal with different releases: * add testing and/or unstable repos to your sources.list * edit apt.conf * edit preferences * apt-get install [...] text/html 2009-04-24T21:22:26+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:packagemanagement?rev=1240600946&do=diff Information howto create your own debian package can be found here Frequently used tasks: aptitude search for installed packages containing apache aptitude search apache | grep ^i apt-cache Search for packages containing the word bridge apt-cache search bridge text/html 2009-04-24T13:24:08+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:upgrade_to_etch?rev=1240572248&do=diff Steps to be performed to upgrade from sarge (amd64) to etch (amd64). I don't explain why a certain step is done - read the manual found at step one. You should know what you're doing! Preperations * Read <http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/amd64/release-notes/> * cd /root && tar czf dpkg_lib.tgz /var/lib/dpkg/ * dpkg --get-selections “*” > dpkg.selections * check wheter there is enough space to run the update * make sure sarge is up to date (apt-get update && apt-get --show-upgraded… text/html 2009-04-24T13:24:30+02:00 http://www.tobanet.de/dokuwiki/debian:upgrade_to_lenny?rev=1240572270&do=diff Steps to be performed to upgrade from etch (i386) to lenny. I don't explain why a certain step is done - read the manual found at step one. You should know what you're doing! preperations * read <http://www.debian.de/releases/lenny/i386/release-notes/index.en.html> * back up the contents of /etc, /var/lib/dpkg, /var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates and the output of dpkg --get-selections “*” * disable APT pinning * check packages status (dpkg --audit) * save status (dpkg --get-selections “*” …