Debian BackPorts
If you want to have the latest software for Debian, but you only want to upgrade some specific software, and not all your debian just follow this instructions
First, change to root
$su -
Then edit with your favorite text editor, (I use vi)
#vi /etc/apt/get/sources.lst
Mine looks this way, maybe yours look different.
| #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r3 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060904)]/ unstable contrib main deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ stable main deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib |
That is all, but if you want to use backports only for selected packages, and not for all.
Edit or create the file /etc/apt/preferences
#vi /etc/apt/preferences
| Explanation: see http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * |
Now, if you want a package from backports just do this.
#apt-get -t sarge-backports install foo
you can read all the explanation about this at: http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html
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