Chrys wrote:
Hi boys and girls, This one is probably an easy one, but I can't find the answer alone :-( I just installed Debian and the MySQL pkg. But it installed 3.22. I need 3.23, so I looked and found 3.23 in the test pkgs. So I read how to use apt-get to install a test package, but the answers I found don't work for me :-/ I tried to do apt-get install mysql-server/testing like it says in this link http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt- howto/index.en.html This is what I get Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package mysql-server/testing and tried to create a preferences file in the /etc/apt/ folder, but either way, I can't get MySQL 3.23 installed :-( Any ideas ? Chrys chrys@chrys.ca
Checklist: 1 - does sources.list include an entry for both stable and testing?2 - preferenced should have (to be really safe) entries for a=testing & a=stable
3 - apt-get -t testing install mysql... may work better. Another way to do it: skip the preferences part - no file needed"apt-get update && apt-get install mysql" will give you a testing installation of mysql and anything else it asks for (could be many testing modules...). When you are done, re-edit sources.list to remove the testing sources and re-run apt-get update to get a new Package List (with no testing stuff in it).
I've not tried the first method as I just heard about it. I've tried the second one before and it works fine.I have all my toys on -testing right now. It's stable enough for me to use daily.
However, if you are heavily invested in MySQL, it might be worthwhile to think about creating your own installation of MySQL. That practice will give you the experience necessary to upgrade to the latest MySQL release if it becomes necessary without waiting for the deb package development. Or, become a contributor to the MySQL deb development and help us all out! :)
I hope this helps.