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How I got apt update and install to work (with Debian Jessie retired)
OK, so I started off creating my own local Debian repository. Not recommended -- it's a lot of work. But with a lot of Googling and experimenting, I finally got apt to work using an online source. Now, this requires bypassing a lot of security features, so use at your own risk. It works on ARM and Intel based systems.
My /etc/apt/sources.list now looks like this:
deb https://apt.readynas.com/packages/readynasos 6.10.8 updates apps main
# deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian jessie main
# deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie main contrib non-free
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive/debian jessie-backports main contrib non-freeI commented out two original lines, but you can remove them if you like. archive.kernel.org is a US repository, so you can look for another if you like. Netgear never had a jessie-backports source or contrib and non-free included for jessie, so you may not want them.
Then you need to create /etc/apt/apt.conf with the following content:
Get::AllowUnauthenticated true;
Acquire::Check-Valid-Until false;How long will this last? I don't know, but that archive has some distros even older than Jessie, so I suspect for a while.
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Good afternoon, dear participants!
Not expecting trouble, I installed larger hard drives on my ReadyNAS 102 with firmware 6.10.10. Before installing the hard drives, the Transmission applications (before the 6.10.10 update) and the Resilio synŃ were installed. In fact, I only need these apps.
After reading this forum, I followed all the steps from message No. 37 â updated apt and was able to install nano (I checked â a really convenient thing!). However, I don't understand how I can get Transmission and Resilio synŃ â on the "Available Applications" tab, I see only two applications: GLPI and PHPSysInfo for Readynas.
I'm not well versed in unix systems, so just by analogy with nano, I tried to install Transmission in this way.:
apt-get install transmission
And something has clearly been installed) However, after restarting the NAS, I do not see any traces of the presence of this program.
Question number 1 â if Transmission is installed correctly, how can I start it?
Also, after successfully checking the application installation mechanism through the "Install application" menu (using the plexmediaserver_1.41.3.9314-a0bfb8370_armel.deb distribution), I tried to find the Transmission and Resilio synŃ distributions for Debian 8 ("Jessie") on the world Wide web, but in vain.
Question number 2 â can you tell me where I can download these distributions from? Maybe someone from the forum would like to upload them and give a link? It would be so beautiful and easy after all these ssh rituals)
Grey_Eagle wrote:
Question number 2 â can you tell me where I can download these distributions from? Maybe someone from the forum would like to upload them and give a link? It would be so beautiful and easy after all these ssh rituals)
The easiest way is to download the deb files you need from this archived web page:
Then you can install them as if they were firmware updates (system->settings, then press the "install firmware" control). Or downgrade to 6.10.9 and upload them on the apps page.
Grey_Eagle wrote:
apt-get install transmission
And something has clearly been installed) However, after restarting the NAS, I do not see any traces of the presence of this program.
I suggest just removing this version with apt-get purge transmission.
Thank you very much, StephenB ! That's exactly what I need. Best wishes.
Hi Guys,
i am new to all of this,i accidentally updated my readynas 10200 to 6.10.10, i have now managed to downgrade from 6.10.10 to 6.10.8 and now i believe i have to manually update the apt files to get the apps sources back?
how do i get access to the NAS OS etc folder and apt folder? i have putty install but no idea what i am doing, if anyone could help it would be appreciated, is there a simple to follow step by step guide?Thanks
Itsmearron wrote:
Hi Guys,
i am new to all of this,i accidentally updated my readynas 10200 to 6.10.10, i have now managed to downgrade from 6.10.10 to 6.10.8 and now i believe i have to manually update the apt files to get the apps sources back?
how do i get access to the NAS OS etc folder and apt folder? i have putty install but no idea what i am doing, if anyone could help it would be appreciated, is there a simple to follow step by step guide?Thanks
No need to double-post, I gave you this on your other discussion thread.
I have been trolling through this thread for a couple of days now. "jump here, do this, then another entry to do that etc etc"
I suggest the GURUs on here would serve the needs of those asking questions by producing a document with step by step instructions and screen prints. A user guide if you will. This will save the gurus being annoyed by us nubes and will save us nubes being none the wiser after reading multiple entries pushing and pulling us all over the place.
Instructions should be written for the lowest common denominator. This shows you care and understand. The use of comments indicating annoyance with the questions being asked shows a lack of consideration.
Anyone know how to get the App list in the GUI to work again? After doing the above to load packages, I only get 4 apps created by poussin in the available apps list.
It appears that Netgear has taken that server down, so it's not possible to download them even if you have them in the list.
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