Thank you very much for this information. I do find that I like the latest features of 0.60 and am willing to put up with the instability.
Adam --- Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: Re: installing non-"stable" packages and software > From: Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 26 Dec 2002 11:08:32 +0100 > > On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 09:39, Adam wrote: > > I have found the "gnome" package in the "unstable" distribution > which > > is apparently what I want. Unfortunately when I try to install it > with > > "apt-get install gnome/unstable" apt-get complains that the package > > does not exist. > > > > Also, I really want the latest (0.60a3) version of Gaim, but this > is > > not available even in the "unstable" distribution. What is the > best > > way to install it? What are the caveats? > > > > Add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list and run 'apt-get > install > -t unstable gaim' and you'll have the latest gaim (usually just 1-2 > days > old cvs version). However, please keep in mind that 0.60 isn't stable > at > all (at least for me). > > <sources.list> > #Gaim development snapshots > deb http://people.debian.org/~robot101/gaim unstable cvs > deb-src http://people.debian.org/~robot101/gaim unstable cvs > </sources.list> > > Have fun, > > -- > Robin Putters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
