Zach wrote: > On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 1. In your /etc/apt folder create a file called "preferences" which looks >> something like this >> Package: * >> Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable >> Pin-Priority: 600 >> >> Package: * >> Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing >> Pin-Priority: 650 > > What do the numbers represent? Do I need to add the first entry which > has "a=unstable" even though I run testing? Yes! The preference file is allowing you to establish an order: 1. testing (higher number 650 yes?) then unstable (lower number 600, yes?). > >> 2. If you want something from Sid (unstable) then do this: >> aptitude -t unstable install <name of package you want from Sid> > > What if I want to do it in testing not unstable? I run only testing > (lenny?) Then you don't use the -t switch. If you type aptitude install <package name>, then it will install that package from testing. You use this for individual packages that you wish to install not for general upgrading. That you do as before. > >> That's it. aptitude (apt-get) will default to testing unless you specify >> otherwise. > > Ah, but I don't use aptitude I just use apt-get on command line. :-) > I use aptitude as command line. You get an aptitude gui only if you use it w/o arguments otherwise it's command line and that's the way I use it. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/
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