Re: Non-Debian Provided Packages
Hi,
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:40:55PM -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> Is it advisable to install non-Debian provided packages?
Advisable -- No
Will it work -- probably if you read their documentation for
requirement.
> For example .deb files are out for openoffice3 but they haven't made
> their way to lenny yet.
We are freeze for lenny release so sid is not updated as frequently.
> It seems like the Sun provided .deb files aren't quite so slick with
> handling dependencies. That or I am missing some important bit of
> understanding on how .debs work.
I did not test them. (Some venders link software statically to avoid
dependency issues.) Download link was pointing to tar.gz file.
Let's see what we have:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/o/openoffice.org.html
Available versions
Oldstable 1.1.3-9sarge8
Oldstable Security Updates 1.1.3-9sarge9
Stable 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
Stable Security Updates 2.0.4.dfsg.2-7etch5
Testing 1:2.4.1-11
Unstable 1:2.4.1-11
Experimental 1:3.0.0-3
It looks like someone is uploading it to Experimental now.
Osamu
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