I found a good beginners link to pinning. http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
Thanks, -Rick *********************** Greg Madden wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 13 November 2003 10:00 am, Rick Weinbender wrote: > > I'm running the current stable version > > and I need to install a package from > > an unstable source (tmda ver.0.86). > > (the unstable package does work with woody). > > * > > Is there a way to install an unstable package on > > stable distro from the command line. > > * > > Someone suggested 'apt-get -t unstable install tmda'. > > I tried this but it didn't work. > > Does anyone know if this is possible and the proper syntax. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Rick > > The method you are refering to is called 'pinning'. You need a > '/etc/apt/preferences' file listing the versions of Debian you want to > use. There is a man page for apt_preferences, though people have posted > versions of that file to this list. If you install a package from > unstable you will also have to upgrade the libc6 libraries and maybe > other depends. I would try to build the package for Woody using > 'apt-get source -b <package name>'. You will need to have unstable > sources in your '/etc/sources.list' file. > - -- > Greg Madden > Debian GNU/Linux > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/s9xek7rtxKWZzGsRAnnFAJ9FRS2mnlX+GcCPSvt3T4X3EsJKWACgn9Ib > h7b5OzJNB5g8LK+FMGnoef4= > =VtR0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
