Re: Install one from testing

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:10:49AM +1100, Russell wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to try out this color picker that looks much better
> than xcolors and xcolorsel:
> 
>   http://gcolor.sourceforge.net
> 
> However, it's not debianized, so i thought of
> using checkinstall:
> 
>   http://packages.debian.org/testing/admin/checkinstall.html
> 
> But checkinstall is in testing. How can i apt-get it without
> having to set up all that pinning stuff? (i'm only set up
> for stable).
> 

1. You can check the depends and add whatever you don't have (downloading
and using dpkg -i.

2. You can put the following in /etc/apt/sources.list and use 'apt-get
update ; apt-get build-dep checkinstall ; apt-get -b source checkinstall':

deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
(replacing the host with your favorite mirror).  Then install the
resulting package with dpkg -i.