EASIER WAY TO INSTALL DEBIAN

[Craig Martin]

Hi, All.

I am running version seven Debian, and have run into a stumbling
block. When I try to install the system on my small netbook, it has a
fit, telling me it needs a set of libraries. The gentleman asssisting
me says the sources.list file isn't pointing to the right place in the
Debian repository? This sources file is on the debian network install
disk. Where do I find a good sources file? I'm told not to place the
sources file from any of my oter computers on that machine because of
it's archetecture. Should I upgrade to version eight? The system
says it's supporting a new directory structure. It hangs on a temp
file, and I hafta do a control C to bail out. Since the system was
crashed, I even tried a dist-upgrade. Should I buy a complete set of
Debian Eight disks and install them? I've also asked a friend if
Ubuntu has Orca? Does Ubuntu have Speak Up in it's repository? Does
it have eximm four and n m h mail software? I'm used to those?

As Bill O'Reilly would say,
"What say you?"

Thank you for your courteous consideration of my question,

Craig Martin

***@kc.rr.com

[John G Heim]

So just to be clear, you are trying to upgrade from debian 7 to debian
8, right? Whether it is easier to do that via a dist-upgrade or by
reinstalling is user dependent. I usually reinstall but I also keep
almost all my stuff on network drives. If you have a lot of stuff
(personal files, configuration settings, and the like) on your machine,
it might be easier to do a dist-upgrade. Be sure to do a regular
upgrade/dist-upgrade before doing a dist-upgrade to the new version. If
the dist-upgrade from debian 7 to 8 failed, the most likely explanation
is that you haven't install the latest debian 7 upgrades yet. Put your
old sources.list file back and then install all upgrades for debian 7
before trying to upgrade to debian 8.
If you are doing a fresh install, and that fails, it is probably because
the regular debian installer image does not include proprietary drivers.
When you say it is asking for libraries, I am guessing you probably mean
drivers which would confirm my guess. There is an alternate image
available that includes proprietary drivers. You can google for that.
Ubuntu has orca and speakup. However, out of the box, if you use orca,
speakup will not work with software speech. There is a bug in pulseaudio
that makes speakup fail when used with software speech if orca is
already usingpulseaudio. You need to recompile a package called espeakup
(with an E) to use alsa to make them work together. Or you can use
hardware speech in speakup. Or you can stick with debian which seems to
have chosen to compile espeakup to use alsa by default. Another problem
with ubuntu is that the latest version, 16.10 (yakkety) seems to have an
inaccessible installer. I haven't tried it for a few months, and in fact
17.04 should be out sson, however, as of January or so, the 16.10
installer wouldn't talk.

Post by Craig Martin
I am running version seven Debian, and have run into a stumbling
block. When I try to install the system on my small netbook, it has a
fit, telling me it needs a set of libraries. The gentleman asssisting
me says the sources.list file isn't pointing to the right place in the
Debian repository? This sources file is on the debian network install
disk. Where do I find a good sources file? I'm told not to place the
sources file from any of my oter computers on that machine because of
it's archetecture. Should I upgrade to version eight? The system
says it's supporting a new directory structure. It hangs on a temp
file, and I hafta do a control C to bail out. Since the system was
crashed, I even tried a dist-upgrade. Should I buy a complete set of
Debian Eight disks and install them? I've also asked a friend if
Ubuntu has Orca? Does Ubuntu have Speak Up in it's repository? Does
it have eximm four and n m h mail software? I'm used to those?
As Bill O'Reilly would say,
"What say you?"
Thank you for your courteous consideration of my question,
Craig Martin
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[KatolaZ]

Post by Craig Martin
Hi, All.
I am running version seven Debian, and have run into a stumbling
block. When I try to install the system on my small netbook, it has a
fit, telling me it needs a set of libraries. The gentleman asssisting
me says the sources.list file isn't pointing to the right place in the
Debian repository? This sources file is on the debian network install
disk. Where do I find a good sources file? I'm told not to place the
sources file from any of my oter computers on that machine because of
it's archetecture. Should I upgrade to version eight? The system
says it's supporting a new directory structure. It hangs on a temp
file, and I hafta do a control C to bail out. Since the system was
crashed, I even tried a dist-upgrade. Should I buy a complete set of
Debian Eight disks and install them? I've also asked a friend if
Ubuntu has Orca? Does Ubuntu have Speak Up in it's repository? Does
it have eximm four and n m h mail software? I'm used to those?

Hi Craig,

I don't know if my message is anyhow relevant to you. I have been
working for several months on a minimal live iso of Devuan (yes,
Devuan http://www.devuan.org -- the fork of Debian without systemd)
with a special focus on accessibility.

The distro has only cli and curses utilities (no X11), and has been
tested at different stages by several people in the Speakup mailing
list, who have provided valuable feedback. If you are interested, you
can find the images and more information at:

http://kalos.mine.nu

Again, please accept my apologies if this is not relevant to you. I
would appreciate any feedback you might want to provide :)

Best Regards

KatolaZ