Kevin Dean wrote:
In order to do this, you must have the testing or unstable repository
enabled and un-commented in /etc/apt/sources/list
For instance, (please not, this will be different based on your
mirrors and sources, but the concept is the same.
as root, nano /etc/apt/sources.list
You'll see lines that look like
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
Comment this out (put a # in front of it) and add
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
The save the file and exit.
next, do apt-get update
The apt-get install <package name> and it should pull from the
unstable repository.
I don't think that this is the recommended way. Are you not likely to
upgrade other packages that you might not want to?
The Apt HOWTO
http://www.us.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version
explains how to do what you want using pinning. You add the unstable
deb line to /etc/apt/sources.list without commenting out the stable one.
There is an example at http://backports.org/instructions.html. It shows
how to set up pinning for the backports repository, but you can easily
see how to change the deb line and substitute "unstable" for
"sarge-backports".
Hth
Chris.
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