Re: vlc form testing in stable
On 01/20/2012 01:08 PM, Maroš Žilka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Debian stable and I want to install vlc from testing. So I
> added testing to sources.list then I updated with aptitude update and
> finally I wanted to install vlc with
>
> # aptitude install -t testing vlc/testing
>
> but there was hundreds of problems. In apt.conf is default distribution
> stable. Am I Doing something wrong or it is just like it is and I can
> not easily have vlc from testing in stable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maros.
>
>
>
Hi ,
Yes it is wrong , because vlc in testing is built against new libraries
which are not available in stable .
You can try debian-multimedia archive
http://debian-multimedia.org/faq.php
It should have more recent vlc than stable .
Best regards ,
Alex
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