Re: newbie apt-get question

[Allan Rasmussen <a.b.r@gmx.net>]

"Mark D. Hansen" <m.hansen23@verizon.net> writes:

> I'd like to upgrade to version 3.0.5 of SAMBA.  But, apt-get tells me that "samba is already the newest version".  When I try this:
>
> apt-get install samba=3.0.5
>
> it tells me that "Version 3.0.5 for samba is not found"
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>

Samba 3.0.5 is only available in unstable as far as I can see. Take a look at
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages and search for samba in all distributions. So if you aren't
running unstable you can't install it (just use apt-get install samba to get the version available
to you).
Your problem could also be that apt isn't configured properly. You can find information about apt in
Debian Reference which you can find here: http://www.debian.org/doc/. Here you can also find
information about getting packages from unstable when running stable and upgrading to unstable e.g.

Allan