On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:52:27 -0400, Charlie Kroeger in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: >> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ? > > > You could put these sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list and do an #apt-get > update > > deb http://ftp.tiscali.nl/debian/ sid main contrib non-free > > If you have a GUI type package manager like smartpm it will show a list of all > the available versions of Ice Weasel after the update. If not that then > > #apt-cache showpkg <package> will give a lot of verbose information regarding > versions dependencies and anything with the word iceweasel in it including the > versions in your package cache > > As a last resort if you have problems with the dependencies running lenny you > can always go to /etc/apt/apt.conf and put in the line: > > APT::Default-Release "sid";
Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older laptop and other than wanting an uptodate browser *always* I'd prefer to use backports. Wonder why either backports or volatile don't carry the latest versions of Iceweasel|Firefox. I thought that was the purpose of those 2 sources. > Walk on the wild side. LOL I've done that enough. > After the upgrade you will have iceweasel 3.5.1-1 Right. Thanks for the input. 8-D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
