"Mark Allums" <m...@allums.com> writes: > On 2012-12-17 21:41 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: [ snipped ] > Typically, the dependencies of experimental packages are not sorted > out properly, so installing them can be a trial. I routinely install > package from experimental, and from my experience, I recommend NOT to > do it. I make exceptions for new kernels, and occasionally language > tools, like the imminent release of gcc-4.8, but never anything than > might impact my ability to boot or read & write to the hard disk. > Libreoffice should be safe enough, but *beware*!
OK, I have been warned. So, with my sources.list ( one can it see in previously posted mail in this thread ) if I upgrade ( sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude safe-upgrade ) my Debian system, that has installed only LibreOffice from the experimental repository, how can I know whether other already installed packages from the unstable repository doesn't become upgraded from the experimental repository? ( I hope this is explained clear, because English isn't my first language.) _____________________________________ In theory, apt will not install from the experimental repository, unless you tell it to, but I never feel completely comfortable about that. Programs acquire bugs and regressions, and I would hate to find out the hard way. Do not! Use upgrade or dist-upgrade for this! Use apt-get install and install the libreOffice meta-package (whatever the actual name is, probably libreoffice. Or, you can apt-get install synaptic and then run Synaptic, where you can see more clearly what you have selected to install. In Synaptic, you can set the preferred distribution to whichever repository you want to draw from from a drop-down list, and then check it each time you run Synaptic, using its menus. In the long run, it's best to learn apt and aptitude from the command line, but for now, Synaptic or the Aptitude ncurses UI are probably the gentlest way to get used to installing packages. If you use the command line, after you install LibreOffice and are satisfied, go back to sources.list and comment out the line for the experimental repository. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/00ff01cdde48$1a5e4650$4f1ad2f0$@allums.com