Re: apt-get unstable question
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On Thursday 13 November 2003 10:00 am, 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.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rick
The method you are refering to is called 'pinning'. You need a
'/etc/apt/preferences' file listing the versions of Debian you want to
use. There is a man page for apt_preferences, though people have posted
versions of that file to this list. If you install a package from
unstable you will also have to upgrade the libc6 libraries and maybe
other depends. I would try to build the package for Woody using
'apt-get source -b <package name>'. You will need to have unstable
sources in your '/etc/sources.list' file.
- --
Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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