On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 09:56 -0400, Celejar wrote: > On 21 Jun 2009 07:31:11 -0000 > "sai ram" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Friends! > > I use Ubuntu Dapper Drake (on x86 pc) and wanted to install "isomaster" > > software package about which I read in a linux magazine. As this package > > was unavailable in my synaptic package manager with Ubuntu repositories,
Mixing distributions is a bad idea. If you need more recent versions, you should consider upgrading to a more recent version of Ubuntu (or Debian ;) > > I downloaded the package from Debian website. If you don't want to upgrade your distro, you should pick the package from a distribution as close from the orignal as possible. In this situation, http:// packages.ubuntu.com/isomaster says it's from Hardy. But again.... Mixing distributions is a bad idea (Of course, it is likely to solve your current problem, but it is also likely that you will face some [compatibility] problems that no one have). > > While attempting the installation, I encountered dependency errors. > I believe these errors can be overcome by adding appropriate Debian > repositories to the etc/apt/sources.list file of my Ubuntu OS. > > (3) give me the exact debian package source location lines, that I > need to add to my etc/sources.list file, so I can henceforth install > packages from Debian repositories without any dependency errors. > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free BTW, the URL are http://ftp.XX.debian.org (the http.us.debian.org exists for backward compatibility) Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
