> I have downloaded the unstable version of abiword into my home directory. I > would like to install this on my testing system. I believe all dependencies > for the unstable version (0.9.0-0.1) are met. > > How do I do the install? Do i need to put unstable in the sources.list? > This is the only package I need from unstable. > > As root I copied the .deb into /var/cache/apt/archives and then tried > apt-get install abiword=0.9.0-0.1. > This gave me "E: Version '0.9.0-0.1' for 'abiword' was not found." > > Many thanks in advance. >
One way is, as root: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/abiword > Joe Golden > The Stevens School of Peacham > thestevensschoolofpeacham.com > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>