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scared - adding entries to /etc/apt/source.list
Been doing some reading and notice it strongly recommended not to ever run "apt-get upgrade" on my Ultra 4. Understood.
Thinking about running some services that don't have addons, so was going to install a virtual machine and put Ubuntu Lucid on it, then I could add whatever I want pretty much and not break the actual native OS.
But it does appear that many here do add Ubuntu and/or other deb package repositories in the base /etc/apt/sources.list, or am I misreading that? I'm nervous about installing this virtual machine and breaking something in that installation.
I'm not a linux noob per se, but am new to these ReadyNAS configs and not sure about that ReadyNAS entry in source.list and what it does provide and what can't be overwritten.
The only packages I've installed via "apt-get install" on the default RNAS system is vim and screen, 2 of the packages I install first on any linux box I run.
I note there's a lengthy "how to install virtual box" thread here, so was planning on following that one through. Either that, or user-mode-linux might be lower overhead?
Thinking about running some services that don't have addons, so was going to install a virtual machine and put Ubuntu Lucid on it, then I could add whatever I want pretty much and not break the actual native OS.
But it does appear that many here do add Ubuntu and/or other deb package repositories in the base /etc/apt/sources.list, or am I misreading that? I'm nervous about installing this virtual machine and breaking something in that installation.
I'm not a linux noob per se, but am new to these ReadyNAS configs and not sure about that ReadyNAS entry in source.list and what it does provide and what can't be overwritten.
The only packages I've installed via "apt-get install" on the default RNAS system is vim and screen, 2 of the packages I install first on any linux box I run.
I note there's a lengthy "how to install virtual box" thread here, so was planning on following that one through. Either that, or user-mode-linux might be lower overhead?
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- 1. Upgrade to the latest firmware
2. Do an "apt-get update && apt-get install build-essential" (this will get APT to use the current source list and then install tools on the NAS important for building stuff. apt-get upgrade upgrades packages already on the NAS (generally these shouldn't be upgraded as they are kept on old versions for a reason). That's why you shouldn't do an apt-get upgrade.
3. You can install e.g. VirtualBox to run your VM. There's a long thread on how to do that: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26468 - Been doing some reading around the forum here and notice some are adding entries to their /etc/apt/sources.list. Mine is just the default at the moment:
# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.readynas.com/packages 4.2.17/
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian etch main
Would amending it to use Debian "Squeeze" packages cause trouble? I want to install latest software like postfix and "Etch" is no longer supported/updated. - Doesn't sound safe to me. I've added the following to the end of the list and installed a few things from it. You can go to the url and get a Contents file to see what is in it.
steve
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-backports etch-backports main non-free - You can add stuff to your sources list as others have done but it needs to be stuff that's suitable for the debian etch that the ReadyNAS uses. I wouldn't try installing squeeze stuff.
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