Re: dselect, apt-get and unstable

[David Fokkema <fokkema@nat.vu.nl>]

Hi Mpiktas,

> You can install mplayer for playing AVI files. Just add to sources.list
>
> deb http://marillat.free.fr/ stable main
>
> and do
>
> apt-cache get mplayer-{your_architecture}
>
> apt-cache search mplayer
>
> will show architectures available.
>
>
> Or you can download mplayer sources from
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/
>
> there are also instructions how-to make yourself installable deb file.
>

I'll look at mplayer, thanks!


> If you want something from testing or unstable branch you must use
> apt-pinning. Do
>
> echo "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";" >>apt.conf
>
> as root in /etc/apt, add testing or unstable sources in sources.list
> and then do
>
> apt-get -t unstable install whatever_package_from_unstable_you_want
>
> or
>
> apt-get -t testing install whatever_package_from_testing_you_want
>
> It will install the package with its dependencies, but when you do
>
> apt-get upgrade
>
> it won't pull all unstable or testing.
>
> This configuration is quite usable (I am still using it at work). For
> more details read man pages for apt and apt_preferences.
>
> Have fun!

I'll try this out tomorrow and if it works, I will be very happy!

Thank you a lot!

(This setup is quite elegant, but wouldn't it be nice if dselect would
also understand this?)

David