Robert Walter wrote : > thveillon.debian schrieb: >> Hi, if you're using debian-multimedia, go to the website and read the >> news dated 18/06/2008, it explains the origin of the problem with vlc. > >> I'm running Lenny AMD64 and I "solved" it by installing vlc from debian >> experimental: works like a charm here. > > > Could you please explain, exactly which way you did it? > >> Tom > > > Robert >
Sure, I added deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main to the sources.list. For some packages in there you'll need Sid sources too. experimental as a "policy priority" of "1", so they won't get installed if you don't explicitly ask for it, so use: aptitude install vlc/experimental or aptitude install -t experimental vlc package2 package3 To have your experimental installed packages updated to the latest version, and only those installed (nothing will be pulled from experimental automatically in your system), add to /etc/apt/preferences (to be created if not already there): Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 101 and "aptitude full-upgrade" will pull the latest and greatest from experimental for the already installed packages. That's all I did, and I'm happily running a Debian Lenny/experimental (and a few bit of Sid sometime for dependency purpose). It's also a good idea to create a /etc/apt/apt.conf to specify your default archive: APT::Default-Release "testing"; To check which packages you've pulled from experimental : aptitude search '~S~i~Aexperimental' You should get familiar with "package pinning" and "apt-cache policy" if you want to mix sources on a regular basis... http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html chapter 3.8, and http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
