On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 20:40 -0500, tom wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 21:25 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 19:42 -0500, tom wrote: > > > Is it recommended to add testing repositories to package list in > > > Synaptic for lenny? > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > Not by me. See this: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html > > > > You add a different repo to your sources list to add a source of > > needed/wanted packages not in the "official" repos: For example debian > > mulitmedia or perhaps you have your own "local" repo. Or you change > > your sources to point to a different branch to upgrade to that branch: > > For example, you wanted to upgrade to testing (see my link above, not > > recommended) or you wanted to upgrade to unstable. > > > > You do not add a source for testing or unstable so you can "pull" > > packages down to add to Lenny. Of course you *could* do that, but you > > did ask if it was recommended. > > > > HTH > > OK. Time to get serious. I installed lenny stable thinking it would > have LiVES on it. I was using Ubuntu 8.04, which LiVES was not able to > run on. Now, it appears LiVES is part of the unstable release of > debian? > > So, should I try to get an .iso file and create a CD of the unstable > release, instead of lenny? > Tom > No. You don't "officially" install Sid. You install stable. You then upgrade using apt-get or aptitude upgrade. See 3.1.11 of the FAQS I linked for you above. I am not sure you are ready for Sid, but then, neither was I when I did it. If you have a working system in stable, I recommend you upgrade, the full-upgrade to testing and then go to Sid, but I think you best bet right now is to do a base install of stable, then an upgrade to sid, then run tasksel and select "Graphical desktop environment" to get X and gnome up and running.
-- Damon da...@damtek.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1283481141.2837.5.ca...@dam-main
