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tr3y
February 9th, 2005, 08:44 PM
My current apt.sources file looks like this:


trey@salamander:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.04 _Hoary Hedgehog_ - Alpha i386 Binary-1 (20050131)]/ unsta ble main restricted


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to fetch major bug fix updates produced
## after the final release of the distribution.
#deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted
#deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-updates main restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary universe multiverse

#deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted
#deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security main restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary-security universe multiverse

I'd like to get sylpheed-claws-gtk2 packages from experimental. Can I add experimental sources to my existing list? Will that mess up my currently installled files and updating?

If I can do this, what's the syntax?

Thanks.