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Need advice on how to setup archive.debian.org backports

I had the old debian backports in my sources.list before they were archived but now I dont't have access. This is the previous setup: deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main deb ...
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Number of packages per repository (major distributions)

Is there a website where i can find how many packages the major distributions have?
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Self-hosted repository for large files (X-platform)

I'm looking for something well suited to syncing folders full of large media (eg photos, music) across several machines, ideally with revisions. I'm using SparkleShare for text and other small files, ...
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debian repositories are too old

Are there alternate repositories for debian than: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free Because stuff placed in there is really old. What can I do? Can I use arch's AUR ...
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Give part of LDAP tree access to SVN repository

This is a relatively simple question. The company I work for has an SVN server with multiple repositories. Everyone has access to this one repository in particular; it contains employee contact ...
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GitX: reset master to here

I'm using GitX to work with a Git repository for a project. Somehow, things got out of sync and although I can pull the latest changes, I can't commit anything because it thinks there is an unresolved ...
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Can't install python-setuptools with yum on Ubuntu. Missing repolist

I can't install python-setuptool with yum on Ubuntu using the following command: sudo yum install python-setuptools I get this message Setting up Install Process No package python-setuptool ...
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how to repo sync by date?

Can I use repo to sync by date? (possible in git) For example, I want to download the source as of March 1 at 3pm. I need a way to grab a specific base of CyanogenMod9 source. It would be nice to use ...
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how to export with repo command?

What's the repo equivalent of git archive and svn export? I'm working with the Android source.
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How to find out which versions of a package can I install on APT

Using APT, you can install a specific version of a package using: apt-get install package=1.0 But you can't do apt-get install package=1.* So, how can I find out which versions are avaliable for ...
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How can I download ubuntu packages in windows to install them on an offline ubuntu machine?

How can I download ubuntu packages from online repos thhrough windows to install them later on an offline ubuntu machine? this is related to this question: Ubuntu repository download iso if there ...
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My Repositories Can Not Connect to Internet

I`m on OpenSUSE! My repositories on opensuse 12.1 64bit (kde) can not connect to Internet (in yast and terminal) and I can not update my machine. But I could go to direction of repository in ...
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adding repo to yum

I need to install mongodb server on my linux. To install via yum command I need to add it to my repo. Can someone guide me how to add something in my repo? ...
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Saving Git remotes inside the Git repository itself?

I have a few projects under version control using Git. Since it is a distributed version control system, it is very easy to have it hosted at multiple places (GitHub, Bitbucket, Google Code, etc.) ...
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Could not resolve 'security.ubuntu.com' | Could not resolve 'old-releases.ubuntu.com'

I am using ubuntu karmic koala. When I first logged in the sources.list file had an outdated list of repositories and so packages couldnot be reached. So I updated the sources.list to deb ...
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Is there way to list all existing repositories using git?

In order to clone a git repository one must have the name of the repository. When working with many repositories it can be hard to remember all the different names, so now I'm wondering if there is ...
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Why does Software Update and Add/Remove Software claim all packages are untrusted?

About two days ago, Software Update started asking me for me root password in order to update packages. It gives me a dialog box saying: The software is not from a trusted source. Do not update ...
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make: my own simple repository

I have got an account on a server at my university. I want to share a program code with another student. I thought I should put it on my github account. Unfortunately, I cannot because the code is ...
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Converting an SVN repository to SQL database

I have downloaded the svn repository of Atunes using TortoiseSVN. I would like to transfer the logs of activity of the developers to a SQL database, preferably an Oracle one. Is there any software ...
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Moving a Mercurial repository between OS's

I have been working with a local Mercurial repository on my Ubuntu PC for my personal documents. I am planning on using Windows more frequently, so I would like to move the repository over to my ...
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How to synchronize between differently structured directories using rsync (or other program)

Does anyone of you know how to perform the following task: Suppose you have two directory trees, which I will call source and target. They may have a very different structure, but could contain many ...
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Is there a free open source repository that enables svn+ssh (through firewall port 22)?

This is a rephrased question of What is the simplest way to use svn repository through firewall without compromizing the security? We need a new svn repository similar to googlecode (gpl, mit, bsd, ...
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CentOS 6.0 yum audacity dependency

I'm trying to install audacity on centos using yum and I cant force yum to resolve all dependencies, here's what i got, can someone help me with it (when I download the rpm file and click-installit i ...
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Where are Ubuntu packages that I can't find by name (OpenJDK, Ruby, etc.)?

Just installed Ubuntu 9.0.4. When using apt-get, I found I could not get packages like OpenJDK, Ruby etc. Do I need to add some additional repository?
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cygwin mirrors/ repositories - tee and svn

I have run Cygwin setup using a handful of different repositories, but certain programs appear to be missing from from the ones I have tried so far. I am specifically looking for tee and svn. Which ...
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How do I get yum to see updates to a local repo without cleaning cache?

I have set up a local yum repository which I use to install test builds. For the testing purposes, my packages are versioned by <svn version number>.<date>.<time> (e.g. ...
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Upgrading software packages from CLI in Linux from some online repo

I am on CentOS and have tried the following: [root@XMPP tigase]# rpm -Uvh MySQL-server-5.5.15-1.linux2.6.x86_64.rpm error: open of MySQL-server-5.5.15-1.linux2.6.x86_64.rpm failed: No such file or ...
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Private Git Repository Using a VPN with Tinc, SSH, and Git

Would it be possible to set up a VPN using tinc as the VPN software on Ubuntu or Windows 7, and then connect from a computer (from outside the local network) to the computer hosting the VPN, in order ...
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Git: Is it OK to copy (not clone) a git repository

I'm pretty new to Git and was wondering if it's ok to copy a git repository with common UNIX commands (like cp or tar/untar), rather than through git clone. I'm in the situation where I have a ...
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Hudson/Jenkins Plugin for stopping builds

I was wondering if anyone knows of a plugin for Hudson/Jenkins that prompts a user to enter a reason when they press the 'stop build' button. This reason would then be shown on the build description ...
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Trying to push only key commits to git server

I have a git repository on a server. I can pull or clone copies from it. In a working copy, I want to create a branch and do some work. So far so standard. While doing that work, I may well perform ...
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MiKTeX-Repo offline - how to build a custom repo?

I tried to download some additional packages for miktex, but it seems that the website has problems (it's running IIS...). The miktex package manager can't connect to online-repo. I tried to reach the ...
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Am I using 'zypper' correctly?

I'm a relatively new OpenSuse user, coming from several years with Ubuntu. In Ubuntu, the update manager would pop up every now and then and let me know when I had stuff to install. If I manually ...
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Is it possible to install Gentoo portage manager (emerge) on Ubuntu?

And vice versa? For example install apt-get on Gentoo and connect Ubuntu's repositories. And if it is possible how can I do it? (at least in general terms)
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How to deal with binary files in Google Code?

How do you deal with binary files in your Google Code Mercurial repository? I have heard something about bfiles extension and such, but I do not know where to begin. If you are going to say I should ...
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How do I add a apt-get repository without editing /etc/apt/sources.list?

I want to add a repository to apt-get (without potentially messing up /etc/apt/sources.list) through the user of a script. This script may run multiple times so I can't just append the entry each ...
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How to name files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ to be ignored without warnings?

N: Ignoring file 'cloudera.list_' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension N: Ignoring file 'opera.list_' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an ...
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Install wine on RHEL with Yum

I'm trying to install Wine on Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Yum, but it's not in the RHEL repository. How can I install RHEL via Yum? I'm pretty sure there may be other repositories out there ...
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Need slackware repos

Is there any good slackware 13(x64) repo with software for developers?
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TortoiseHg; How to Connect to Server?

I'm starting a project with another partner of mine and have therefore resorted to using the Student Package from Kiln as a repository. I would like to get the bloody thing to work. I've looked at ...
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Maintaining a repository of binary files

I have a bunch of files in proprietary format (.pdf, .doc, .wmv, etc) that I want to mirror on a server I have, for archival purposes as well as to be able to pull down the "asset repository" to ...
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Where should I put my Git repository?

I have an Ubuntu box at home, and I want to have a directory that has all (more or less) my Git repositories. Eventually (when I get some team projects at school this year), I'll want have some of the ...
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Software Update in Ubuntu? (Non-APT)

I'm looking for a system to update software WITHOUT using the Ubuntu repositories. In other words, for my own project, not in the Canonical repositories, is there software that will allow you to ...
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Is there still a repository for debian etch packages?

I know etch is unsupported now but i still have etch machines that i can not upgrade right now. So my question aims for a repo to put into my sources.list.
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Problem with git corrupted files

I have recently removed some folders from my git repos history using the following command: git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -r --cached var' -- --all Unfortunately I cannot pull anymore ...
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Ubuntu: How to use Debian DVD images (iso) as Repository?

i use Ubuntu. i have 5 Debian DVDs as iso files. how could i introduce them to Ubuntu as repository? i do not want to burn them and waste a DVD. i just want to mount them and use apt-cdrom . any one ...
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Smallest linux with apt repositories?

Does someone knows a small linux distro that comes with apt package? I tried puppy linux and dsl, but I didn't like any of those. I am looking to setup a LAMP into a virtual machine with a small ...
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Ubuntu get package source from universe repository, but the correct source is in main repository

I want to get source of `thinkfinger' package, sudo apt-get source thinkfinger But, it reports 403 error, and I found that it get the source from xxxx/pool/universe/t/thinkfinger/, but the correct ...
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How to set up an apt repository?

I am interested in setting up an apt repository on my server to host some of my packages. How would I go about doing this? It's a shared server. Basically, I want to do what Google did in regards ...
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checking out a portion of a git repository

How can I check out just a portion of a Git repository? I have a repository that has several modules, and I only want one of the modules installed on a particular site. In Subversion, I'd do svn ...

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