Re: How to deploy deb files.
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:55:33 -0400, John Culleton (john@wexfordpress.com) wrote:
> I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the
> latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list
> from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc.
> exercises. But I still get Gimp 2.4.7.
>
> I found a site called getdeb.net from which I can download a .deb file
> containing the latest Gimp. But now what do I do? I don´t find a
> command like e.g., rpm for decomposing and installing rpm files or
> gunzip etc. for gzipped files.
>
> Alternatively, is there another entry in sources.list that gets me to
> the version I need? Currently the file looks like this:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gimp
Looks like the version you want is in experimental.
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Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
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