Debian release versions and apt
From: Peter Saffrey (theoryboy_at_my-deja.com)
Date: 06/02/04
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Date: 2 Jun 2004 04:24:52 -0700
I wanted to install the hpoj package on a Debian 3.0 release to run my
hp printer/scanner. I did "apt-get install hpoj" which worked fine,
but installed an older version which doesn't have good scanner
support. So I downloaded a newer version (as a .deb) manually and
tried to install it. With a bit of poking, I got it to select the
downloaded package, rather than hit the server for the old package,
only to find that there were lots of other packages which weren't the
newest versions either, and it wouldn't upgrade them because of my
poking.
I went into the #debian room where (I think) I was told that Debian
packages do not work for every release of Debian, and my release may
be too old for the newest .deb packages. Is this correct - .deb files
only work with certain Debian releases? Does this mean that unless I
keep upgrading my Debian release, I can't continue to upgrade my other
packages? If this is the case, how do I upgrade my Debian release? If
not, what am I doing wrong?
Incidentally, the #debian room is a pretty scary place. I can't tell
if I was being stupid or they were very impatient, but it took them
about 15 seconds to start swearing at me.
Peter
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