Re: trying to install latest versions of software packages using apt-get

Describe what "is not working" means.
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What I mean is for some reason the latest version of the software
packageis not installed.
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It is very important to get the latest version, specially when it
pertains critical and/or security related software
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// __ what I have
root@1[~]# uname -r
2.6.17
root@1[~]# cat /etc/knoppix-version
5.0.1 2006-06-01
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// __ running apt-get -t unstable install apache2
sh-3.1# su -
root@1[~]# apt-get -t unstable install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
apache2 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
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// __ what do I have now?
root@1[~]# dpkg -l | grep apache2
ii apache2 2.0.55-4 next
generation, scalable, extendable web serv
ii apache2-common 2.0.55-4 next
generation, scalable, extendable web serv
ii apache2-mpm-prefork 2.0.55-4
traditional model for Apache2
ii apache2-utils 2.0.55-4
utility programs for webservers
ii libapache2-mod-php4 4.4.2-1+b1
server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language
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// __ running apt-get -t unstable install openssl
root@1[~]# apt-get -t unstable install openssl
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
openssl is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
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// __
root@1[~]# dpkg -l | grep openssl
ii openssl 0.9.8a-8 Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) binary and related c
ii ssl-cert 1.0.12 Simple
debconf wrapper for openssl
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// __
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