Re: I am ANGRY with Debian.

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/04/07 12:57, joe wrote:
> On Monday 04 June 2007 19:01:10 Romain Francoise wrote:
> > Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> writes:
> > > Is there a way to use the Ubuntu packages from Debian with
> > > apt-get?
> > Try adding Ubuntu sources in your sources.list and see what
> > happens... but I don't think it'll work.
> >
> > --
> >   ,''`.
> >
> >  : :' :        Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@debian.org>
> >
> >  `. `'         http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/
> >    `-
>
> Installing Ubuntu packages in Debian is just asking for trouble.  I have heard 
> of many people complaining how installing a ubuntu package has destroyed 
> their Debian installation and the reverse is also true.
>
> If there is no Debian version of the package you are interested in installing, 
> then it would be wise to either switch to using Ubuntu, or you should ask the 
> developers to create Debian packages, or contacting a DD for information on 
> creating your own.
>
> I repeat, for brevity.  Do not mix packages between Debian and Ubuntu.

Or get the Ubuntu deb-src and build your own package?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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