Re: installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-12 Thread Amadan Korvin
There is a section of the apt-howto reference that deals with keeping a mixed system: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version though you will end up writing to two different config files inside /etc/apt, so if you aren't cool with that, then try this: apti

Re: installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-12 Thread Dexter
name of the tool is Synaptic Package Manager. You can add also repositories for testing distribution, but i thing, that than you actualy upgrade to testing. If you choose package from testing distribution, than dependencies will require also other packages from testing. Not sure about this. Dext

Re: installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-12 Thread Andreas Janssen
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 versi

Re: installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-12 Thread Adorean Alexandru Raul
Martin Paraskevov wrote: Hello, 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 in

Re: installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-11 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Martin Paraskevov wrote: Hello, 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 in

installing packages from testing in sarge

2006-02-11 Thread Martin Paraskevov
Hello, 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 testin