[debian-edu-commits] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Administration" by WolfgangSchweer
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The "DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Administration" page has been changed by WolfgangSchweer:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Stretch/HowTo/Administration?action=diff&rev1=4&rev2=5
Comment:
various typo/other fixes; thanks victory.
Since the Squeeze release in 2011, Debian has included packages formerly maintained in volatile.debian.org in the [[http://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates|stable-updates suite]].
- While you can use stable-updates directly, you don't have to: stable-updates are pushed into the stable suite regularily when stable point releases are done, which roughly happens every two months.
+ While you can use stable-updates directly, you don't have to: stable-updates are pushed into the stable suite regularly when stable point releases are done, which roughly happens every two months.
- == Using backports.debian.org to install newer software ==
+ == Using backports to install newer software ==
You are running Debian Edu because you prefer the stability of Debian Edu. It runs great; there is just one problem: sometimes software is a little bit more outdated than you like. This is where backports.debian.org steps in.
@@ -143, +143 @@
apt-get install -t stretch-backports tuxtype
}}}
- Backports are automatically updated (if available) just like other packages. (Previously, extra configuration was needed to achieve this, but since 2011 this [[http://backports.debian.org/news/squeeze-backports_and_lenny-backports-sloppy_started/|is not needed anymore].
+ Backports are automatically updated (if available) just like other packages. (Previously, extra configuration was needed to achieve this, but since 2011 this [[http://backports.debian.org/news/squeeze-backports_and_lenny-backports-sloppy_started/|is not needed anymore]].
Like the normal archive, backports has three sections: main, contrib and non-free.
@@ -159, +159 @@
To quote the apt-cdrom(8) man page:
- . apt-cdrom is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of available sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and verifying the index files.
+ . apt-cdrom is used to add a new CD-ROM to APTs list of available sources. apt-cdrom takes care of determining the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and verifying the index files.
- . It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system, it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
+ . It is necessary to use apt-cdrom to add CDs to the APT system, it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-CD set must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
Then run these two commands to upgrade the system:
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@@ -171, +171 @@
== Automatic cleanup of leftover processes ==
- {{{killer}}} is is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently logged into the machine. It's run by cron job once an hour.
+ {{{killer}}} is a perl script that gets rid of background jobs. Background jobs are defined as processes that belong to users who are not currently logged into the machine. It's run by cron job once an hour.
To install it run the following command as root:
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