Install package from debian testing

Daniel Robitaille robitaille at gmail.com
Mon Oct 11 21:51:13 UTC 2004


There is probably no need to download the debian's version. It seems
unrar can be found in Ubuntu's multiverse repository:

http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/u/unrar-nonfree/


> I found the package unrar is in debian testing.  I checked all the
> packages it depend on, and it's fine.  So I get it:
> 
> wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/u/unrar-nonfree/unrar-nonfree_3.3.6-2_i386.deb
> 
> Without include the testing in /etc/apt/sources.list, I just do:
> 
> sudo dpkg -i unrar-nonfree_3.3.6-2_i386.deb
> 
> My question, anybody see any problem here, is it the right thing to do, to
> get a package from testing?
>




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