[Gnumed-devel] Re: wxpython 2.5 - How to install

[Andreas Tille]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, E Dodd wrote:

> On Tuesday 31 August 2004 09:19, Horst Herb wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:30, Richard Terry wrote:
> > > Horst says 'grab it from 'experimental'. After some frustrating searches
> > > I couldn't figure out  how to do that.
> >
> > To your /etc/apt/sources.list add where you have your normal debian
> > repositories ("stable", "testing") another entry "experimental".
> > e.g.:
> > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
> >
> > Then, do:
> > apt-get install libwxgtk2.5-python
> >
> > And you are done
> >
> > Horst
> try
>
> apt-get install  libwxgtk2.5-python -t experimental
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And please(!) add a file

   /etc/apt/preferences

with about the contents:


Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 501

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50

Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 5



This ensures that you normally grab the files from testing and only at
explicite request (as pointed above with "-t experimental") from other
not so stable distributions.  This keeps your system stable most of the
time and breaks it only if you are asking for this break.

Kind regards

         Andreas.


PS:   man apt_preferences
    is the manual to read ...