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Install specific packages from debian testing (lemm.ee)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Zenlix@lemm.ee to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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I have a few (~5) applications where the version in the debian stable repos is to old for me. Examples would be podman and restic. I found out that the version for testing are recent enough. Is it possible to install specific apps from testing while the default is stable?

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[–] Zenlix@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What would I need to do to switch?

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Can you post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file? Presumably it's as simple as changing all the bookworm references to trixie.

[–] Zenlix@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I removed all comments for simplicity.

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main non-free-firmware contrib non-free

[–] bradboimler@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Here is the official upgrade documentation

TL;DR

Back up anything important
Change bookworm to trixie, bookworm-security to trixie-security, and bookworm-updates to trixie-updates in your sources.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Pay attention to your full-upgrade. Good luck.

[–] Zenlix@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago

Thanks!