Re: downloading dependency files
On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 22:28, lsrwein@mail.central-ph.k12.mo.us wrote:
> Osamu Aoki writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 02:02:34PM -0600, lsrwein@mail.central-ph.k12.mo.us wrote:
> >> Paul Johnson writes:
> >>
> >> >On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:00:34PM -0600,
> >> >lsrwein@mail.central-ph.k12.mo.us wrote:
> >> >>Is there an easier way to go about collecting dependencies?
> >> >
> >> >Use apt instead of trying to do it by hand.
> >
> > Slightly better but, for most novice Debian user, this is even
> > dangerous unless you understand the consequence of mixing distribution.
> >
> >> *******************************************
> >> Yes, but I want to install an unstable package on stable
> >> debian.
> >
> > I recommend you to move whole system to "testing" or "unstable" and
> > cross your fingers :-) You may be lucky.
> >
> >> It seems like the best way to do it is using dpkg -i.
> >> I've tried apt-pinning where you are supposed to be able to
> >> use apt-get to mix and match installs from testing and unstable,
> >> but, in actual practice, it hasn't worked out very well for me.
> >> I end up with a broken system.
> >
> > This is good tool to fix minor dependency deviation but for your times
> > worth, just upgrade to unstable after checking mailing list for no major
> > issues reported.
> >
> >> In collecting all the needed .debs it takes some time and patience
> >> in order to determine which ones should be installed first.
> >> Just wondered if there was an easier way.
> >
> > Have you checked some basic documentation on apt-get manpages such as
> > apt_preference and other documentations? You will lean that you can
> > achieve what you say by setting system to mostly testing and use
> > occasionally -t option to install from unstable. But this is very
> > tricky. I really recommend just stay with unstable or testing for now.
> >
> > Osamu
> > PS: If you insist, read chapter 6 of my document for more
> > http://qref.sf.net
> >
> *******************************************
> Thanks for the help.
> It may be better to completely move to unstable.
> Do many people use unstable for production systems?
No, I think not.
I'm not sure what you have done. I run a woody server with a few
backports and have no problems. If you did do dpkg -i , you don't seem
to understand the process.
You need to add the apt-source to /etc/apt/sources.list, in this case:
# spamassassin backport
deb http://www.backports.org/debian woody spamassassin
then 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get install spamassassin' should
work, i.e. install spamassassin including dependencies.
Chris
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