Community Packaging Repository (Updated)

[Brooko]

First up - thanks to Marcos and Tim for their work on both the servers and the addresses. The Mepis CR Team is proud to announce the full and final list of repository addresses.

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SPECIAL NOTE - MEPIS 8.5 USERS
For users of 8.5 - it is STRONGLY recommended that you do not use the 8.0 CR Repos - some packages may work, others may not. 8.0 CR is not fully compatible with MEPIS 8.5 release.

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Community Server Addresses
We suggest you delete any existing server addresses for the Community Repository from your sources list (it is easiest to do via synaptic), and replace them with the following.

MEPIS 8.5 (KDE4) SERVER ADDRESSES

Main repo : deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis85cr main non-free
Restricted repo : deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis85cr restricted restricted-non-free

MEPIS 8.5 (KDE4) TEST SERVER ADDRESSES

Main repo : deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis85cr test
Restricted repo : deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis85cr test-restricted

MEPIS 8 SERVER ADDRESSES

Main repo : deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis8cr main non-free
Restricted repo : deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis8cr restricted restricted-non-free

MEPIS 8 TEST SERVER ADDRESSES

Main repo : deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis8cr test
Restricted repo : deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis8cr test-restricted

MEPIS 7 SERVER ADDRESSES

Main repo :deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis7cr main non-free
Restricted repo: deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis7cr restricted restricted-non-free

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Mepis 8 (Warren's) Repository Mirror
If using this (because of connectivity issues with Warrens official server), we suggest unticking / commenting out his ftp server - and replacing it with:

deb http://fr1.mepis-deb.org/mepis/ mepis-8.0 main

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Add Mepis CR server addresses using konsole
MEPIS 8.5 ONLY

su -c 'echo -e "\

# Mepis Community Main, Restricted, and Test Repos for Mepis 8.5

deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis85cr main non-free
#deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis85cr restricted restricted-non-free
#deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis85cr test
#deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis85cr test-restricted

"\ >> /etc/apt/sources.list'

Then as root, then run apt-get update, then close konsole.

This will add all 4 Mepis 8.5 repo addresses to your sources list. The restricted repo and 2 x Test repos will be disabled by default. You can enable them via synaptic.
**THANKS TO KENT MATHERN FOR THE TIDIER KONSOLE COMMAND!**
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MEPIS 8 ONLY
Open a konsole, and (it's all one line):

su -c 'echo -e "\

# Mepis Community Main, Restricted, and Test Repos for Mepis 8

deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis8cr main non-free
#deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis8cr restricted restricted-non-free
#deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis8cr test
#deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/testrepo/ mepis8cr test-restricted

"\ >> /etc/apt/sources.list'

Then as root, then run apt-get update, then close konsole.

This will add all 4 Mepis 8 repo addresses to your sources list. The restricted repo and 2 x Test repos will be disabled by default. You can enable them via synaptic.
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MEPIS 7 ONLY
Open a konsole, and as root (it's all one line):

echo '# Mepis Community Main and Restricted Repos' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo 'deb http://main.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis7cr main non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo '# deb http://restricted.mepis-deb.org/mepiscr/repo/ mepis7cr restricted restricted-non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list

While still as root, then run apt-get update, then close konsole.

This will add 2 Mepis 7 repo addresses to your sources list. The restricted repo will be disabled by default. You can enable it via synaptic.
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The Mepis CR Team
The team consists of :
Marcos, Tim, Stevo, James, Scott and myself.

Thanks for your patience. it's nice to have this finally 100% up and running.

[FPW]

Thanks for this very useful info on the community repos -- but how can I find the keyring package to install for the community repos?
Here's the thing: I'd like to use a newer version of a package (miro) that's in the main community repository. I've got the current debian lenny version installed and it crashes, so I'm hoping that a newer version will work for me. I've added the community repos using synaptic to my repos list and can now see the upgrade is available, plus many others. When I mark the upgrades for downloading I get a warning message, that I have seen before when I added the debian multimedia repo. I got round this by installing the debian-multimedia-keyring package. I may be missing something, but a search for 'keyring' in synaptic doesn't show any keyring package to install for the community repos. Any advice?

[Stevo]

We haven't yet implemented digital signing of the archive, so there is no keyring. For now, you'll just have to ignore the warning if you want to install the packages.

The new version of Miro may also crash if you don't have an "xv" output video driver provided by your video driver. It's set by default to use that:

From the README.Debian file: (in usr/share/doc/miro)

" * If you experience segfaults or incorrect colors with Miro and certain
X.org drivers, please try 'miro --set xine-driver=xhsm' as a work-around,
or, alternatively, use the gstreamer renderer (set it in the "Options"
dialog or run 'miro --set renderer=gstreamer'). See
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459069
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473310
for more information on this issue."

...

"* The default Miro renderer in Debian is xine. If you want to switch to
gstreamer, you have to install a number of additional packages and switch
to gstreamer in the Miro options (and restart Miro). Alternatively,
you can start Miro via 'miro --set renderer=gstreamer'.

You'll need at least the following packages for gstreamer:

$ apt-get install python-gst0.10 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-x gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg

For even further audio/video support you can also install the following:

$ apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly"

[Brooko]

Stevo / Marcos / Tim / James / Scott

I'm now signing all of my packages. Marcos always has been. Tim is. Stevo, James, Scott - are you? Tim sent me brilliant instructions on how to do it - so if you haven't yet - I really think everyone should.

Marcos - do you know how we go setting us a keyring once everyone is signing?

FPW - in the meantime you are OK to install from the repo - ignore the warning. The ONLY one with direct access is Marcos - and the only ones with upload ability to the 'pre-server' is Marcos and myself. We have a set protocol on checking before uploading - so you are as safe as we can possibly make it.

[FPW]

Thanks guys -- Brooko & Stevo -- for my query on the keyring package. And thanks to Stevo for solving my problem with miro! It worked a treat!

[timkb4cq]

When I was managing the original unofficial CR I used the SignWith option in the reprepro conf file to sign everything I added with a key I generated specifically for the repo.

I published the public key to several of the standard keyservers from KPGP and also posted it on the servers front page.

I'm pretty sure you could also sign the packages before they go to repropro so no intervention would be needed at that stage - I'm not sure how Marcos has his workflow set up...

[smilliken]

Originally Posted by Brooko

Stevo / Marcos / Tim / James / Scott

I'm now signing all of my packages. Marcos always has been. Tim is. Stevo, James, Scott - are you? Tim sent me brilliant instructions on how to do it - so if you haven't yet - I really think everyone should.

Marcos - do you know how we go setting us a keyring once everyone is signing?

FPW - in the meantime you are OK to install from the repo - ignore the warning. The ONLY one with direct access is Marcos - and the only ones with upload ability to the 'pre-server' is Marcos and myself. We have a set protocol on checking before uploading - so you are as safe as we can possibly make it.

I have a key set up, but not sure if they are signed. I probably doubt it.

[molen]

I just new installed Mepis 8. After updating 182 updates I saw your sources list for Mepis community repositories and added them to sources list. Then I get an error. Which sources list do I have to delete to get no error?

[timkb4cq]

Originally Posted by molen

...I saw your sources list for Mepis community repositories and added them to sources list. Then I get an error. Which sources list do I have to delete to get no error?

You shouldn't get an error from the Mepis Community Repositories. If you would post a copy of the error you get, and the contents of the file /etc/apt/sources.list we should be able to figure it out. There's probably a small typo somewhere.

[molen]

I have already solved this problem. Now I have the following question: On http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.p...list_MEPIS_8.0 I found the sources list for Mepis 8.0. Above I saw that ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.mepis.org/mepis/ is mentioned. Do I have to add this in my sources list?
Further I want to ask you if I want to upgrade to 8.5 do I have to use: http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.p...list_MEPIS_8.5. Thank you!!