commit d05956a69b14a45e6021045c0e3fd1f98538a2d3
parent f24fc0238b7698173136d06394e693014273624f
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:25:12 +0200
add note on apt.sources
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/frags/installing-debian.rst b/frags/installing-debian.rst
@@ -23,14 +23,25 @@ set your ``/etc/apt/preferences`` as follows:
Pin: release l=Debian-Security
Pin-Priority: 1000
-A typical ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/taler.list`` file for this setup
-would look like this:
+A typical ``/etc/apt/sources.list`` file for this setup
+which combines Debian stable with more recent packages
+from testing and unstable would look like this:
.. code-block::
- deb https://deb.taler.net/apt/debian sid main
+ deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ buster main
+ deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main
+ deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ testing main
+ deb http://ftp.ch.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
+
+Naturally, you may want to use different mirrors depending on your region.
+Additionally, you must add a file to import the GNU Taler packages. Typically,
+this is done by adding a file ``/etc/apt/sources.list.d/taler.list`` that
+looks like this:
-The last line is crucial, as it adds the GNU Taler packages.
+.. code-block::
+
+ deb https://deb.taler.net/apt/debian sid main
Next, you must import the Taler Systems SA public package signing key
into your keyring and update the package lists:
