-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thank you very much for the exhausting explanation.
thveillon.debian schrieb: > Robert Walter wrote : >> Could you please explain, exactly which way you did it? > > Sure, I added > > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ experimental main > > to the sources.list. For some packages in there you'll need Sid sources too. > > experimental as a "policy priority" of "1", so they won't get installed > if you don't explicitly ask for it, so use: > > aptitude install vlc/experimental > > or > > aptitude install -t experimental vlc package2 package3 > > To have your experimental installed packages updated to the latest > version, and only those installed (nothing will be pulled from > experimental automatically in your system), add to /etc/apt/preferences > (to be created if not already there): > > Package: * > Pin: release a=experimental > Pin-Priority: 101 > > and "aptitude full-upgrade" will pull the latest and greatest from > experimental for the already installed packages. > > That's all I did, and I'm happily running a Debian Lenny/experimental > (and a few bit of Sid sometime for dependency purpose). It's also a good > idea to create a /etc/apt/apt.conf to specify your default archive: > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > To check which packages you've pulled from experimental : > > aptitude search '~S~i~Aexperimental' > > > > You should get familiar with "package pinning" and "apt-cache policy" if > you want to mix sources on a regular basis... > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html > > chapter 3.8, and > > http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning > > > > Tom > > - -- ********************************************** > so what would I need to do to run amd64 ?? The urge to be cool. - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GS dx s: a- C++ UL++ P--- L++ E W++ N+ o K- w O-- M-- V-- PS+ PE-- Y+ PGP++ t+ 5 X- R !tv b+ DI+ D+ G e+++ h+ r++ y++ - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklvF3gACgkQAhMNa+PFqP3GNwCaAxKOP+MJV7MXhhiSoXF+54Oo oFkAnRR9rhan210pEQ2StlwsBK5QDlxU =4VOK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
