Re: openoffice backport

[Christopher David Desjardins <cddesjardins@gmail.com>]

Guido Trotter wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 09:10:47AM +0100, Guido Trotter wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  
>
> > Of course there probably is a way to tell "apt-get" from the command line too. I
> > don't know about synaptic! :)
> >
> >    
>
> I checked: you can do it with synaptic by going to the "Package" menu and
> choosing "Force Version"... With apt you can just say:
>
> apt-get -t sarge-backports install <package>
>
> Maybe this, together with the previous instructions for aptitude, could be added
> to the backports.org usage page? :)
>
> Ciao!
>
> Guido
>
>
>  
Alternatively,
apt-get -t sarge-backports upgrade
will allow you to see the packages available at sarge-backports for 
upgrading.  You can use this in conjunction with Guido's instructions to 
see what you could upgrade and then choose what you want to upgrade. 
Cheers,
Chris