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
> 


Of course this should have been 

    dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/abiword*.deb

Note that with dpkg the deb can be put anywhere on the file system. Just 
change /var/cache/apt/archives/ to the appropriate path.


> 
> > Joe Golden
> > The Stevens School of Peacham
> > thestevensschoolofpeacham.com
> > 
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