Re: how to install testing/unstable packages

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@researchut.com>]

well,
after adding the section that you've mentioned below and hitting:
apt-get upgrade
what state will my os come to ? will it be upgraded in stable or testing or 
unstable state ?
plz guide..

ritesh
At 11:32 PM 1/14/2004, you wrote:
> Sometime near Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 11:12:35PM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> > the stable release seems rock solid. but packages like kde are very
> > outdated. how do i upgrade the kde packages (testing release).  what lines
> > do i need to add into my /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> --CUT--
> deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
> deb-src http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib 
> non-free
> deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main 
> contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
> --CUT--
>
> However you will want to replace wa.au.debian.org with you closest
> mirror :)
>
> after that run
>
> $ apt-get update
>
> and you will have a nice lot of unstable packages to choose from
>
> PS: i think you could try apt-get upgrade to re-install new versions of
> what you currently have. Not to sure though :)
> --
> Cheers,
> rinmak <rinmak@technine.org>
>
>
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