Re: APT newbie question

[Terence Ng <ngterry2000@yahoo.com.hk>]

Hi,

I am sorry.  My release should be Debian3.0r1.  I
cannot find a file /etc/apt/apt.conf but
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf.  What should I do?

Best regards,
Terence Ng

 --- Alexander Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info> wrote:
> * Terence Ng <ngterry2000@yahoo.com.hk> [030616
> 04:49]:
> 
> > If I am using stable distribution (Debian2.2r1),
> using
> > Python 2.1, how do I upgrade to Python 2.2.3 in
> > unstable distribution (I still want my default as
> > stable distribution).
> 
> Edit your /etc/apt/apt.con and add the following
> line:
> APT::Default-Release    "stable";
> 
> Now edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and add testing
> Sources (deb and
> deb-src).
> 
> So you could install the new python package by just
> typing "apt-get
> install python2.2/unstable", but I fear it won't
> work, since this
> packages are compiled for sid.
> If you feel lucky today you can try "apt-get -t
> unstable python2.2",
> this way apt-get will follow all dependencies in the
> unstable tree.
> 
> Untested, but probaly the best way: Create your own
> backport, with
> "apt-get build-dep python2.2 ; apt-get --build
> source python2.2". After
> a while you should have some fine .deb's which you
> can install with
> "dpkg -i". After that you may remove the packages,
> which got installed
> with apt-get build-dep.
> 
> Sincerely
>   Alexander
> 

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