RE: apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box

Yes. Change one of your entries in /etc/apt/sources.list from stable to unstable, 'apt-get update', then 'apt-get install package_name'. Then change your edited entry in /etc/apt/sources.list back to stable, and 'apt-get update'. Mike * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

Re: apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box

Am 02. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Andrew Pritchard so: > Is there a way you can install a package from the testing branch using > apt-get, from a box which is in every other way 'stable'? I remember > seeing something like this I think on debianplanet - but I can't now find > the reference. Yes. Add wood