gtk-imonc from Debian unstable not available in Ubuntu

[Christoph Bier]

Christoph Bier schrieb am 26.10.2004 12:05

> Hi all!
> 
> How can I deal with packages of which a deb exists, but it's not in
> the Ubuntu respositories? I swichted my girl-friends desktop from
> Debian Woody/Sarge to Ubuntu and now I can not install gtk-imonc.
> The FAQ says mixing Debian packages with Ubuntu packages is a bad
> idea. Will gtk-imonc from Debian unstable soon find its way to the
> Ubuntu respositories? Or should I fetch the Debian unstable source
> of gtk-imonc and use dpkg-buildpackage to build a deb on my
> girl-friends desktop? Would it then be reasonable to put a similar
> line to the sources.list:
> 
> deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib

JFTR: Just tried it for now and it seems to work.

Regards,
    Christoph