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Is it more safe to manual install the .deb file then installing from test?

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Is it more safe to manual install the .deb file then installing from test?

#1 Post by MrBW »

I want to keep my system as "stable2 as possible, but I need the package virt-top which only exist in test.

I see two options:

1: Adding test to the repository-file and install the package with apt install ---target-release test virt-top. I'm afraid there is a risk of installing to many dependent packages from test and/or make to many changes on my system.

2: Download the .deb file and install it manually with dpkg -i file.deb. It will in the end complain about dependencies, but I seem to be able to fix that with apt-get install -fix-broken (test is not added to the repository file).

Is it correct that option 2 is more "safe" to the system overall. There is a change that the package might not work, but there is a less change of breaking the system overall, right?
(I did try this with virt-top and it worked very well, don't know if that will always be the case doing this procedure).

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Re: Is it more safe to manual install the .deb file then installing from test?

#2 Post by CwF »

I would use Gdebi. Any dependencies out of release, download and gdebi them first, install the lowest dep's first.
Have you installed the Buster version yet? I'd start there.

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Re: Is it more safe to manual install the .deb file then installing from test?

#3 Post by kedaha »

Hi,
To quote the Newer_Software_For_Debian_Stable:
Backporting (recompiling and repackaging) is the only safe way to install packages from Debian Sid or Debian Testing on a Debian stable system. Do not install such packages without backporting.
That package can be backported, it seems quite easily, from testing to stable by using the SimpleBackportCreation how-to, but before dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc, I had to run dpkg-source --commit. But I haven't tried it on my server yet so I can't say more than that.
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