HOWTO: Find newer/more packages

[jayclark]

I think we all want newer packges that have plenty of fixes and adds ons. Such as Gdesklets. A lot has happen in with Gdesklets since the version already in the depositories. Or just want to have the latest and the greatest. Go to

http://www1.apt-get.org/ (its a search engine for depositories.)

Click on- Search for a package

Select your arch for your pc. In my case for a Pentium 3 I choose i386.

Then search for the package you want.

Now we need to add the repository to you sources list.

Open the terminal and type sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
You'll see some text with sources. I always add new sources one line below the last one.
To do this type i, put to cursor to where you want the source at (it really dosen't matter where but as I said I perfer the below the last source)
Then add the soruce such as

deb http://j.portalier.free.fr/debian testing main

Now press esc. Then type this to write and save the file :wq
This will bring you back to the main console screen.

Now we need to get the package information off the server you can do this by sudo apt-get update or with synaptic by clicking reload.

Now you have newer packages for that file you want or that package that you need. Have fun.

*Note some of these packages are bleeding edge and they could have bugs and might cause instability try to only use packages you know to be stable.