Re: apt-get unstable question
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:00:36PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote:
> I'm running the current stable version
> and I need to install a package from
> an unstable source (tmda ver.0.86).
> (the unstable package does work with woody).
> *
> Is there a way to install an unstable package on
> stable distro from the command line.
> *
> Someone suggested 'apt-get -t unstable install tmda'.
> I tried this but it didn't work.
> Does anyone know if this is possible and the proper syntax.
The safest way is to download the relevant packages by hand and use
'dpkg -i'. It is possible to set up apt such that 'apt-get -t unstable'
works, but I've seen many broken systems caused by injudicious use of
this feature so I don't recommend it.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
Reply to: