Re: apt-get unstable question
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:25:07PM -0600, Rick Weinbender wrote: > I found a good beginners link to pinning. > http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html (please don't top-post. It's bad for the readability of a thread, and is considered bad manners) I really think if it's a simple one-package situation, you'd be much better off listening to Colin Watson and just downloading the deb somewhere and installing it with dpkg -i Or look for a backport of the package. I love backports myself. Pinning is powerful and dangerous and if you use it wrong you can end up with an incredible mess of dependency problems. Cheers! -- ,-. > -ScruLoose- | If we do not believe in freedom of speech < > Please do not | for those we despise < > reply off-list. |we do not believe in it at all.< > | - Noam Chomsky< `-' pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: apt-get unstable question
On Thursday 13 November 2003 20:00, 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). Not really an answer to your question, but have you checked for backports made by others? http://www.apt-get.org/ is a good place to start. Cheers, Kjetil -- Kjetil Kjernsmo Astrophysicist/IT Consultant/Skeptic/Ski-orienteer/Orienteer/Mountaineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.kjetil.kjernsmo.net/OpenPGP KeyID: 6A6A0BBC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get unstable question
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 '. 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]
Re: apt-get unstable question
I did try editing my sources.list file, (commenting out all stable sources, then adding 2 lines of unstable) then running apt-get update. This seems to work when I run 'apt-get install tmda'. But, When I put back my old stable sources.list the way it was and run apt-get update, I get lots of error messages that scroll by. Messages like, 'cannot stat source' (should I be concerned about this?, can I somehow clean this up?) * I've got the following for an apt.conf like file: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf which has one line that starts out. "DPkg::Pre-Install-packages..." * Should I create the /etc/apt/apt.conf file manually? Thanks, -Rick ** Gary Hennigan wrote: > "Rick Weinbender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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. > > Do you have a /etc/apt/sources.list file that contains pointers to the > unstable distro? > > Here's a excerpt from mine: > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free > > I list all 3 releases, by name (woody = stable, sarge = testing, sid = > unstable). > > Once you have that you'll want to tell apt the main release you > want. Do that by editing /etc/apt/apt.conf and putting a line like: > > APT::Default-Release "stable"; > > in it. > > Gary > > -- > 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]
Re: apt-get unstable question
-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 '. 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]
Re: apt-get unstable question
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. Do you have the unstable sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list? -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: apt-get unstable question
"Rick Weinbender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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. Do you have a /etc/apt/sources.list file that contains pointers to the unstable distro? Here's a excerpt from mine: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sarge main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free I list all 3 releases, by name (woody = stable, sarge = testing, sid = unstable). Once you have that you'll want to tell apt the main release you want. Do that by editing /etc/apt/apt.conf and putting a line like: APT::Default-Release "stable"; in it. Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt-get unstable question
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 01:00:36PM -0600, 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. The safest way is to download the relevant packages by hand and use 'dpkg -i'. It is possible to set up apt such that 'apt-get -t unstable' works, but I've seen many broken systems caused by injudicious use of this feature so I don't recommend it. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apt-get unstable question
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
