Re: Help with apt
On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 11:20:12AM -0400, Jonathan J. Lupa wrote:
> Question: So how do I, running from a slink CD, get and install potato's apt?
>
> If I add entries for 'unstable' in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then go into
> dselect, it wants to upgrade my world to potato.
>
> Of course, I can always just go download the deb and run dpkg on it, but is
> there a better way?
The problem with using dpkg is that you may not satisfy the
dependencies.
This looks more cumbersome than it really is, but should work:
1. Add the unstable entry to /etc/apt/sources.list
2, Run 'apt-get update'
3. Run 'apt-get install <packagename>'
4. Comment out the unstable entry in sources.list
5. Run 'apt-get update'
Bob
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