On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:55:33 -0400, John Culleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I just installed Debian specifically for the purpose of accessing the > latest Gimp 2.6.1 version. I changed the references in sources.list > from etch to lenny. I went through all the apt-get update etc. > exercises. But I still get Gimp 2.4.7. > > I found a site called getdeb.net from which I can download a .deb file > containing the latest Gimp. But now what do I do? I don´t find a > command like e.g., rpm for decomposing and installing rpm files or > gunzip etc. for gzipped files. > > Alternatively, is there another entry in sources.list that gets me to > the version I need? Currently the file looks like this: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main > > deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gimp Looks like the version you want is in experimental. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
