On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 03:39:18PM +0100, Irrwahn wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote on 13.02.2018 15:22: > > How do I install one package from Ceres? Together with its necessary > > dependencies, of course. > > > > I run an ascii system. > > > > Do I really have to switch my sources.list to Ceres, install it, and > > then switch it back to ascii? > > Not switch, but temporarily amend, e.g. by adding: > > deb https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged unstable main > > to /etc/apt/sources.list , followed by "apt-get update". > > > > > Just specifying the -t ceres on the apt-get command didn't work: > > > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# apt-get install -t ceres libsdl2 > > Reading package lists... Done > > E: The value 'ceres' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a > > release is not available in the sources > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik# > > Modulo any pinning you may have in place, you will still have to use > the -t option.
Just wondering -- what would keep it from using the ceres packages when I don't specify -t ceres? Doesn't it normally use the newest pckages from the ones specified in sources.list? The only pinning I have is any that arrived automatically when I installed jessie or upgraded to Ceres or did routine upgrades.o --- hendrik > > HTH > Best regards > > Urban > > -- > Sapere aude! > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
