On Saturday 31 July 2004 06:29 am, Eric D. Hedekar wrote: > I've been wanting to get AMSN messenger > (http://amsn.sourceforge.net/) running on my woody system however the > .deb package is only available throught the Sid package list. I > don't know how to program or compile from source code and when I > attempt to install the package manually I get stuck in dependency > hell. Is there any way to alter the apt-get package list so as to be > able to get this program? Thanks.
Sure, no sweat. Just edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and wherever you see the word "stable", change it to "unstable". Then "apt-get update", then "apt-get install the_package_you_want". After your done, don't forget to change your source.list back to the way it was and apt-get update again. But I think there's an even easier way. Try this before trying the method above: apt-get install -t unstable the_package_you_want By the way, unless you're using your box for some hardcore mission critical server or something, you might want to upgrade to testing or unstable for a much nicer desktop experience. Very easy, edit your /etc/apt/sources.list so that all instances of stable say "testing" or "unstable" (depending on if you want Sarge or SID), then do this: apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade Have fun! Sean -- : : : : : DataFly.Net : : : : : Complete Web Services http://www.datafly.net