Re: unstable package install into testing

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> I have downloaded the unstable version of abiword into my home directory.  I 
> would like to install this on my testing system.  I believe all dependencies 
> for the unstable version (0.9.0-0.1) are met.
> 
> How do I do the install?  Do i need to put unstable in the sources.list?  
> This is the only package I need from unstable.
> 
> As root I copied the .deb into /var/cache/apt/archives and then tried
> apt-get install abiword=0.9.0-0.1.
> This gave me "E: Version '0.9.0-0.1' for 'abiword' was not found."
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> 


One way is, as root:

    dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/abiword


> Joe Golden
> The Stevens School of Peacham
> thestevensschoolofpeacham.com
> 
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	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>