Hello Martin Paraskevov (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I am a newcomer to the list and have the following question to ask. I > have recently installed debian sarge (the stable distribution) but > when I search for mozilla-firefox with: > > apt-cache show mozilla-firefox > > I get an older version of the browser. > > 1. Can I install software from the testing distribution under sarge. In general: no, you can't. A lot of stuff from testing is incompatible to stable, and if upgrade some packages to testing, a lot of other stuff needs to be upgraded as well. You will end up with a mixed system, possibly more or less broken. > For example if I add a line in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. Or do I > have to upgrade to the testing etch. Either upgrade completely to testing (which I don't recommend if you don't know how to do it), or use stable and get updated packages of Firefox that were built for /your/ system. Take a look at http://www.backports.org, but read the instructions carefully. If you don't, you will accidentially install all the packages from there, instead of only those you want. > 2. What command can I use in the shell to edit the > /etc/apt/sources.list file but not manually but through interface. I > think there was a tool like this but I don't remember what it was. You can use any text editor (e.g. nano, vi, vim, emacs), or run apt-setup. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps-sarge.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]