-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 13 November 2003 10:00 am, Rick Weinbender wrote: > I'm running the current stable version > and I need to install a package from > an unstable source (tmda ver.0.86). > (the unstable package does work with woody). > * > Is there a way to install an unstable package on > stable distro from the command line. > * > Someone suggested 'apt-get -t unstable install tmda'. > I tried this but it didn't work. > Does anyone know if this is possible and the proper syntax. > > Thanks, > > -Rick
The method you are refering to is called 'pinning'. You need a '/etc/apt/preferences' file listing the versions of Debian you want to use. There is a man page for apt_preferences, though people have posted versions of that file to this list. If you install a package from unstable you will also have to upgrade the libc6 libraries and maybe other depends. I would try to build the package for Woody using 'apt-get source -b <package name>'. You will need to have unstable sources in your '/etc/sources.list' file. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/s9xek7rtxKWZzGsRAnnFAJ9FRS2mnlX+GcCPSvt3T4X3EsJKWACgn9Ib h7b5OzJNB5g8LK+FMGnoef4= =VtR0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
