* Jeroen Valcke (jeroen@valcke.com) [020406 12:19]: > Hello, > > Weird, Licq is available as a package in unstable and in stable, but not > in testing. My question what's the best thing to do to install this on a > Debian testing system? Is it possible to select some package from > unstable and install them on a testing machine?
Yes, and actually quite painless. Create an /etc/apt/preferences file with something like this in it: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 And add unstable lines to your sources.list . apt-get update . apt-get install licq . That should do it! What this setup does is tell apt that packages from testing are preferred over packages from unstable, but that the latter are still available when no better candidate exists. Read up on man apt_preferences for more details about what the numbers mean, etc. With this setup you can also install individual pacakges from unstable using the following notation: apt-get install realplayer/unstable that might give you some dependency errors if the unstable package depends on packages with newer versions in unstable, in which case apt-get -t unstable install realplayer will perform the operation temporarily setting unstable as the preferred distro (for that one operation only). I'm glossing over it rather quickly here; you can learn more by seeing the archives of this list and reading the apt manpages. good times, Vineet -- Currently seeking opportunities in the SF Bay Area Please see http://www.doorstop.net/resume.shtml
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