On 2011-11-29, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> Hello,

> 1- how to install the newer fontforge and python-fontforge (both 20110222; 
> my is 20100501, the newer one is not in the synaptic/All-list).

You might try with the versions from Debian/testing instead of
Debian/stable.

You can download them from the "Debian package search" and install "by hand"
(with dpkg).

Another way to do this is to change /etc/apt/sources.list to use the "testing"
sources, e.g.

# stable (commented out)
# deb http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/debian/debian/ stable main contrib 
non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/debian/debian/ stable main

# Testing
deb http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/debian/debian/ testing main contrib 
non-free
deb-src http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/debian/debian/ testing main

This might also give you a new version of lilypond. Maybe even solve 4-.

Beware: testing is not stable - Mixing packages works in many cases but
might also fail. 

Also, if you have some "auto-update" feature activated, this will try to
bring everything up to the newest version -- leading to many packages update
to "testing" versions. OTOH, with "auto-update" disabled, this will
conveniently ensure the required packages are installed in the required
versions (if the version info on the requiring package is complete and
correct).


Günter

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