Re: installing packages from testing in sarge
Hello
Martin Paraskevov (<ze.marto@gmail.com>) wrote:
> I am a newcomer to the list and have the following question to ask. I
> have recently installed debian sarge (the stable distribution) but
> when I search for mozilla-firefox with:
>
> apt-cache show mozilla-firefox
>
> I get an older version of the browser.
>
> 1. Can I install software from the testing distribution under sarge.
In general: no, you can't. A lot of stuff from testing is incompatible
to stable, and if upgrade some packages to testing, a lot of other
stuff needs to be upgraded as well. You will end up with a mixed
system, possibly more or less broken.
> For example if I add a line in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. Or do I
> have to upgrade to the testing etch.
Either upgrade completely to testing (which I don't recommend if you
don't know how to do it), or use stable and get updated packages of
Firefox that were built for /your/ system. Take a look at
http://www.backports.org, but read the instructions carefully. If you
don't, you will accidentially install all the packages from there,
instead of only those you want.
> 2. What command can I use in the shell to edit the
> /etc/apt/sources.list file but not manually but through interface. I
> think there was a tool like this but I don't remember what it was.
You can use any text editor (e.g. nano, vi, vim, emacs), or run
apt-setup.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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