On Sun, 2004-02-15 at 22:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Osamu Aoki writes: > > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 02:02:34PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Paul Johnson writes: > >> > >> >On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 01:00:34PM -0600, > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >>Is there an easier way to go about collecting dependencies? > >> > > >> >Use apt instead of trying to do it by hand. > > > > Slightly better but, for most novice Debian user, this is even > > dangerous unless you understand the consequence of mixing distribution. > > > >> ******************************************* > >> Yes, but I want to install an unstable package on stable > >> debian. > > > > I recommend you to move whole system to "testing" or "unstable" and > > cross your fingers :-) You may be lucky. > > > >> It seems like the best way to do it is using dpkg -i. > >> I've tried apt-pinning where you are supposed to be able to > >> use apt-get to mix and match installs from testing and unstable, > >> but, in actual practice, it hasn't worked out very well for me. > >> I end up with a broken system. > > > > This is good tool to fix minor dependency deviation but for your times > > worth, just upgrade to unstable after checking mailing list for no major > > issues reported. > > > >> In collecting all the needed .debs it takes some time and patience > >> in order to determine which ones should be installed first. > >> Just wondered if there was an easier way. > > > > Have you checked some basic documentation on apt-get manpages such as > > apt_preference and other documentations? You will lean that you can > > achieve what you say by setting system to mostly testing and use > > occasionally -t option to install from unstable. But this is very > > tricky. I really recommend just stay with unstable or testing for now. > > > > Osamu > > PS: If you insist, read chapter 6 of my document for more > > http://qref.sf.net > > > ******************************************* > Thanks for the help. > It may be better to completely move to unstable. > Do many people use unstable for production systems?
No, I think not. I'm not sure what you have done. I run a woody server with a few backports and have no problems. If you did do dpkg -i , you don't seem to understand the process. You need to add the apt-source to /etc/apt/sources.list, in this case: # spamassassin backport deb http://www.backports.org/debian woody spamassassin then 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get install spamassassin' should work, i.e. install spamassassin including dependencies. Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
