Re: Install Unstable package into Stable system?
Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
> I perchance need install the latest version of xpdf-reader,
> the one included in unstable and testing repositories,
> in my Sarge stable system.
> This is not possible with simply `dpkg -i ...' because of dependence
> problems.
> In general: isn't it possible, it seems, to install an `unstable' package
> into
> a `stable' system without changing sources.list, i.e. without upsetting
> the `Stable' structure?
"James Buchwald" <jamestheprogrammer@gmail.com> writes:
> Have you ever tried downloading and building the source yourself?
> You might be able to without updating any dependencies...
Mathias Brodala <info@noctus.net> writes:
> Basically all you have to do is to add unstable- and testing-entries to your sources.list,
> do an „apt-get update“ and then „apt-get install packagename=version“ or „apt-get install
> packagename -t distribution“. (See the manpage of apt-get of course.)
>
> But mixing distributions is neither recommended nor supported and if your system breaks
> (which is very likely to happen), you are on your own.
>
> Let’s have a look at the dependendies of xpdf-reader from unstable:
>
>> Depends: lesstif2, libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1. 0),
>> libice6, libpaper1, libsm6, libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.0), libt1-5 (>= 5.0.2), libx1 1-6,
>> libxext6, libxp6, libxpm4, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1), gsfonts (>= 6.0-1),
>> xpdf-common (= 3.01-9)
>
> Seeing this you should see that installing this package would change *your whole system*,
> because of the dependency on a new version of libc6, on of the most important packages on
> your system.
>
> And you don’t have luck: there seems to be no package on bpo[0], but you could ask
> somebody on the mailinglist[1], if they could rebuild xpdf-reader for sarge.
>
> To put it short: If you don’t want to upgrade to unstable/testing or use a non-supported
> mixed system, forget about it. Really.
>
>
> Regards, Mathias
>
> [0] http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php
> [1] http://lists.backports.org/mailman/listinfo
"Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net> writes:
> Becuase of how long it has been since Sarge was released, it is
> practically impossible to install any package that requires compilation
> from unstable or testing into stable. You can backport the package
> yourself. I have a written a HOWTO on the subject:
>
> http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize
Thanks to James, Mathias and Roberto.
Roberto, for the moment I could only have a quick look at your document.
If I understand well, it shows how to
build a debian source package satisfying its dependencies?
Great.
I'll be reading it carefully.
Cheers,
Rodolfo
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