on Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 12:18:03AM +0800, Stephen Liu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Karsten, > > Thanks for your advice. > > On Fri, 2003-12-26 at 00:00, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > > I am prepared to install Ximian Evolution but could not find it > > > available for net-installation > > > > > > # apt-cache search Ximian Evolutuon > > > # apt-cache search Evolution > > > > > > $ apt-cache show evolution > > Package: evolution > > Priority: optional
> > > could not find it. Kindly advise whether its latest version is
> > > available for net-installation. OR I have to download its tarball from
> > > Ximian website.
> >
> > What debian release are you using? I'm on testing/unstable.
> > Double-check your /etc/apt/sources.list file, and try running 'atp-get
> > update' again.
>
> Debian 3.0
That's 'stable'. Try:
$ cat /etc/debian_version
> On a RH9 box I am running Evolution 1.4 which was download and installed
> from Ximian website. If on Debian site only Version: 1.0.5-1 available
> could I do the same as to RH9 box?
Debian stable doesn't upgrade packages. It *does* backport security and
bugfixes. However, you're generally going to be using whatever version
of a package was included at release time, for the next 1.5 - 2 years.
The short answer is that you'd have to update to 'testing' (recommended)
or 'unstable' (if you're new to Debian, I don't recommend this). There
are a number of issues, mostly concerning security updates. There's
extensive discussion of this on list, or see:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/testing-security.html
http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/quick-reference/ch-woody.en.html
Peace.
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