On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 05:47:06AM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: > How do I upgrade just this one package from testing/unstable without > pulling in 50 others as package upgrades? Isn't there some way to > selectively upgrade the one? > dpkg does seem to have much on it, specifically
First make sure you have a testing and/or unstable mirror in your /etc/apt/sources.list #apt-get update #apt-get -d install name-of.deb This will only download the new deb(s), no unpacking or config'ing. Comment out the testing/unstable mirrors from sources.list If only that one deb comes down, then you can issue the same command without "-d" and it will install it. You are now done. If more debs are downloaded, then you have dependency problems, as a previous replier said. Now, you have to go into /var/cache/apt/archives/ and delete the debs that were just downloaded to "untaint" your stable system. =) Anthony
