cannot find gdebi in testing repository

[keratos]

I cant seem to find gdebi in the debian testing repo

any ideas?

[benuski]

Its not in testing right now because the version in unstable is buggy. You can just use "dpkg -i <whatever>.deb" as root on the command line.

[keratos]

yeah, thats what I presumed ... just wanted confirmation.

Okay , acknowledge that one , will download and dpkg -i blahblahblah.

[SunnyRabbiera]

well if you wanted to you can just use alien to convert the gdebi package from ubuntu to debian, as gdebi is pretty solid here.
Also if you want another GUI front end to install debian packages, you can try kpackage, its a KDE app but its a decent front end.

[keratos]

well if you wanted to you can just use alien to convert the gdebi package from ubuntu to debian, as gdebi is pretty solid here.
Also if you want another GUI front end to install debian packages, you can try kpackage, its a KDE app but its a decent front end.

???

I have no problem installing Ubuntu packages and Debian using dpkg or indeed from ubuntu/debian repos.

Erm, unless I'm gravely mistaken, alien is for RPM to DEB.

[polmir]

Why you do not use from synaptic and dpkg

apt-get intall synaptic

search Debian (http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gdebi&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all&sourceid=mozilla-search)

well if you wanted to you can just use alien to convert the gdebi package from ubuntu to debian,...

deb -> to deb how?

[kellemes]

Why not get it from sid?

[jdhore]

Why not get it from sid?

Because a lot of times using a Sid package brings in a lot of unwanted Sid dependencies that could cause issues.

[kerry_s]

gdebi is in stable.
i use etch/lenny.

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main

[jdhore]

gdebi is in stable.
i use etch/lenny.

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main



Etch/Lenny is VERY smart as 99% of apps allow newer version of dependencies, but not older...

[kerry_s]

Etch/Lenny is VERY smart as 99% of apps allow newer version of dependencies, but not older...

now your catching on. i use the etch kernel cause it runs better on my laptop, but everything else is lenny.

mines a custom install on 450mhz 256mb ram, it's built to be fast.
:lolflag:

[kellemes]

Because a lot of times using a Sid package brings in a lot of unwanted Sid dependencies that could cause issues.

I know, but you can use pinning /etc/apt/preferences to set branch-priorities and install gdebi like so..
apt-get install gdebi/unstable

This is how I keep a mixed system anyway..

[jdhore]

I know, but you can use pinning /etc/apt/preferences to set branch-priorities and install gdebi like so..
apt-get install gdebi/unstable

This is how I keep a mixed system anyway..

True, but IMO, if a user wants gdebi, they prolly don't want to muck with /apt/preferences ...

[kellemes]

True, but IMO, if a user wants gdebi, they prolly don't want to muck with /apt/preferences ...

Very good point. ;-) Didn't think of that.