On Tue 28 Jul 2009 at 11:57:18 +0200, ml ml wrote: > i need file version 5.x on my system. But Debian etch comes with file > version 4.17. > How do i install 5.x (from source) without messing up my system?
Backport it from unstable: http://people.connexer.com/~roberto/howtos/debcustomize An extra necessary package you'll probably need is etch's quilt. No messing with tarballs and sorting out build dependencies, and you have will have a debian package which integrates into the system. It took 2 minutes to do on this lenny system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
