Thank you! That makes sense now. I'm new to Debian (*long* time Ubuntu user), so I didn't realize the difference. SO, since Gimp version 2.10 is in "testing", and version 2.8 is in stable,* is there a way to install Gimp 2.10 (from "Debian testing") onto my "Debian stable" system?* Kind regards, --Brian
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 4:09 PM Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 04:04:55PM -0400, Brian Cary wrote: > > Greetings! > > As the title says, I can't seem to install anything from backports. > > Example, lets say I need to upgrade Gimp from 2.8 (in stable) to 2.10 > (in > > Testing).If I go to [1]https://backports.debian.org/Packages/ I can > verify > > that 2.10 is indeed in testing. > > I run this: > > apt -t stretch-backports install gimp > > And my newly installed Debian 9.9 replies: > > gimp is already the newest version (2.8.18-1+deb9u1). > > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 153 not upgraded. > > Which is of course WRONG, because we just looked in Packages and > verified > > that 2.10 is in testing. > > What can I do to install Gimp 2.10 from testing? > > Testing and backports are two different things. There is no Gimp > package currently in backports. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > > -- --Brian Fantastic Fantasy, Curiously Chronicled Links for all the major platforms -> http://BrianCaryBooks.com
