> And I'm also looking for documentation about `aptitude' because I've heard > that there is such way to tell aptitude to install a package from a specific > distribution
there is really good documentation in /usr/share/doc/aptitude however, that is really comprehensive. you probably just want to use the -t switch. 'man aptitude' or follow directions from http://backports.org/instructions.html and use 'aptitude' instead of 'apt-get' -- Matt Zagrabelny - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (218) 726 8844 University of Minnesota Duluth Information Technology Systems & Services PGP key 1024D/84E22DA2 2005-11-07 Fingerprint: 78F9 18B3 EF58 56F5 FC85 C5CA 53E7 887F 84E2 2DA2 He is not a fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot
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