Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 01:35:15PM +0200, john doe wrote: > Simply add in '/etc/apt/sources.list' the lines for Buster but be > extremely careful when mixing stable and non-stable pkgs. Do NOT mix stable with newer branches. If you want to upgrade to buster, go ahead. Now's a good time for it. T

Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-26 Thread john doe
On 6/26/2019 12:27 PM, Brian Cary wrote: > Thank you! That makes sense now. I'm new to Debian (*long* time Ubuntu > user), so I didn't realize the difference. > SO, since Gimp version 2.10 is in "testing", and version 2.8 is in stable,* > is there a way to install Gimp 2.10 (from "Debian testing")

Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-26 Thread Sven Hartge
Brian Cary wrote: > Thank you! That makes sense now. I'm new to Debian (*long* time Ubuntu > user), so I didn't realize the difference. > SO, since Gimp version 2.10 is in "testing", and version 2.8 is in stable,* > is there a way to install Gimp 2.10 (from "Debian testing") onto my "Debian > sta

Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-26 Thread Brian Cary
Thank you! That makes sense now. I'm new to Debian (*long* time Ubuntu user), so I didn't realize the difference. SO, since Gimp version 2.10 is in "testing", and version 2.8 is in stable,* is there a way to install Gimp 2.10 (from "Debian testing") onto my "Debian stable" system?* Kind regards, --

Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-25 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 04:04:55PM -0400, Brian Cary wrote: >Greetings! >As the title says, I can't seem to install anything from backports. >Example, lets say I need to upgrade Gimp from 2.8 (in stable) to 2.10 (in >Testing).If I go to [1]https://backports.debian.org/Packages/ I ca

Re: cannot install from backports

2019-06-25 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 04:04:55PM -0400, Brian Cary wrote: > I run this: > *apt -t stretch-backports install gimp* > And my newly installed Debian 9.9 replies: > > *gimp is already the newest version (2.8.18-1+deb9u1).0 upgraded, 0 newly > installed, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded.* > Which is

cannot install from backports

2019-06-25 Thread Brian Cary
Greetings! As the title says, I can't seem to install *any*thing from backports. *Example*, lets say I need to upgrade *Gimp* from 2.8 (in stable) to 2.10 (in Testing).If I go to https://backports.debian.org/Packages/ I can *verify* that 2.10 is indeed in testing. I run this: *apt -t stretch-back