On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 08:31:47AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How do I just install a newer version of an application from unstable on my > stable system leaving the rest as stable? e.g. I want gimp 1.2 but not the > rest of unstable. > > Regards > > Robin
Easiest way is to 1. cd /etc/apt 2. cp sources.list sources.list.stable 3. Edit sources.list - point at unstable ftp site e.g. deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free 4. apt-get update && apt-get install gimp 5. mv sources.list.stable sources.list Bob P.S. You could just retrieve the latest gimp from the ftp server, and dpkg -i it but then you'd have to mend any dependencies yourself :-( -- Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. -- Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man"
