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Old 01-08-2009, 12:01 PM   #1
brjoon1021
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Sorry, dumb question about "getdeb.net" - please help anyway....


Hi,

I found this website, "www.getdeb.net" which has newer versions of software than any of the ubuntu repos that I have found. I use gdebi (awesome tool) to install the downloads. Well, my question is how would one update the packages installed by getdeb.net ? *** By update, I mean, if I install GNUcash from getdeb, how do I keep current when the next GNUCash is released since there is not a repository entry in the apt sources.lst? I think that my options for updating the packages downloaded and installed from this site are:

1. keep checking back at the site and install newer packages by download & gdebi.
2. Or, eventually synaptic repos with catch up to and succeed the packages that I installed from getdeb and then synaptic would update it for me.

Is that pretty much how it would work ?

Thanks

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Old 01-08-2009, 01:05 PM   #2
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This link has information on adding the getdeb repository. http://is.gd/eTmx
 
Old 01-08-2009, 08:26 PM   #3
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Thanks a lot.
 
Old 01-08-2009, 08:58 PM   #4
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Give me a thumbs-up please.
 
  


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