Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Gigastrand 2.1 Out Soon - Build it now!

Gigastrand OS 2.1 will be released soon and it fixes a few minor issues with Virtual Box, Kompozer, Angry IP scanner, and Apper.

You can actually build this bugfix into your current installation of Gigastrand 2.0. Here's how.

1. Fix the sources.list
The original 2.0 sources.list has a few lines in it that are not accurate anymore. 

  • Go to /etc/apt and right-click on sources.list. 
  • From the menu select Root Actions>Open as Text. 
  • Delete everything
  • Replace it with the text below and save

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20130615-23:44]/ wheezy main 
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official Multi-architecture amd64/i386 NETINST #1 20130615-23:44]/ wheezy main 

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main 

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free 

deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main 
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main 

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy-backports main 
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/ wheezy contrib 

# wheezy-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main 

2. Run an apt update
Once you change the sources.list, you will need to open a terminal and enter the command

apt-get update

3. Download and install some things
In Apper:

  • linux-headers-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae
  • Virtual Box 4.3
  • Uninstall Kompozer

Install from the Gigastrand OS Support Repository:


4. Setup Virtual Box
Run the following command in terminal

sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

And that's it. You now have Gigastrand OS 2.1.

Alternatively, you could wait for the release which will be out in .iso format in a few days from here:

http://www.gigastrandos.com/download.htm

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