Re: cannot install from backports
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 04:04:55PM -0400, Brian Cary wrote:
> Greetings!
> As the title says, I can't seem to install anything from backports.
> Example, lets say I need to upgrade Gimp from 2.8 (in stable) to 2.10 (in
> Testing).If I go to [1]https://backports.debian.org/Packages/ I can verify
> that 2.10 is indeed in testing.
> I run this:
> apt -t stretch-backports install gimp
> And my newly installed Debian 9.9 replies:
> gimp is already the newest version (2.8.18-1+deb9u1).
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded.
> Which is of course WRONG, because we just looked in Packages and verified
> that 2.10 is in testing.
> What can I do to install Gimp 2.10 from testing?
Testing and backports are two different things. There is no Gimp
package currently in backports.
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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