[ale] HOW2 force the installation of a utililty that is "out of version" in Debian ?

[Courtney Thomas]

Preston,

Thank you and yes, I meant pump not jump.

The flaw in your recommendation about any upgrading is that since my NIC is
inoperable without
PUMP :-)  I can't do anything that requires internet access, but you are
correct that
    apt-get install pump
is exactly what I'm after, since I'm unable to access the web without the
NIC which requires pump.

Most appreciatively,
Courtney


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Preston Boyington" <preston.lists at gmail.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] HOW2 force the installation of a utililty that is "out of
version" in Debian ?


> Courtney Thomas wrote:
> <snipped>
> >
> > But when I: apt-get -f install jump, I just get a complaint
> > that..."package pump is not available", though it is in
> > /var/cache/apt/archives as jump-0.8.3-3_i386.deb.
> >
> > Guidance appreciated,
> >
> > Courtney
>
> Courtney, I don't immediately see "jump", by chance do you mean "pump"?
>
> the latest pump package i see is:
> Source package pump
>
>     * oldstable (base): 0.8.11-5
>       Binary packages: pump, pump-udeb
>
>     * stable (base): 0.8.21-2
>       Binary packages: pump
>
>     * testing (admin): 0.8.24-2
>       Binary packages: pump
>
>     * unstable (admin): 0.8.24-2
>       Binary packages: pump
>
> which would be installed "apt-get install pump"
> i usually do:
> apt-get update
> apt-get install <package> --dry-run (goes through all the motions of
> installing without actually doing so)
>
> then if all looks good i do the command again without the "--dry-run"
>
> apologies if i am mistaken...
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