Re: installing non-"stable" packages and software
Thank you very much for this information. I do find that I like the
latest features of 0.60 and am willing to put up with the instability.
Adam
--- Robin Putters <rputters@hotpop.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re: installing non-"stable" packages and software
> From: Robin Putters <rputters@hotpop.com>
> To: Adam <ack94598@yahoo.com>
> CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: 26 Dec 2002 11:08:32 +0100
>
> On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 09:39, Adam wrote:
> > I have found the "gnome" package in the "unstable" distribution
> which
> > is apparently what I want. Unfortunately when I try to install it
> with
> > "apt-get install gnome/unstable" apt-get complains that the package
> > does not exist.
> >
> > Also, I really want the latest (0.60a3) version of Gaim, but this
> is
> > not available even in the "unstable" distribution. What is the
> best
> > way to install it? What are the caveats?
> >
>
> Add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run 'apt-get
> install
> -t unstable gaim' and you'll have the latest gaim (usually just 1-2
> days
> old cvs version). However, please keep in mind that 0.60 isn't stable
> at
> all (at least for me).
>
> <sources.list>
> #Gaim development snapshots
> deb http://people.debian.org/~robot101/gaim unstable cvs
> deb-src http://people.debian.org/~robot101/gaim unstable cvs
> </sources.list>
>
> Have fun,
>
> --
> Robin Putters <rputters@hotpop.com>
>
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