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EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable?

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Hi folks, 

is there a very easy way, if I want to install packages from trixie oder sid 
into my bookworm installation?

I read about apt pinning, but as far as I understood, I have to name 
explicitily each package I want to install from sid. This can be much work, 
when installing a high number of packages.

I suppose, I then have also to install all dependencies of the packaes from 
sid, even if they are related to the system.

In my case I wanted to install virtualbox from sid, as it has all packages 
ready. However, virtualbox requires and depends also the newer gcc compiler 
and some compiler libs, thus I took distance from installing for now.

At the moment I am not using pinning. My actual way of doing is 

1. adding the sid repo into /etc/apt/sources.list

2. then aptitude -u

3. then searching for the required package and mark it as install (or 
upgradeble

4. Then install, if wanted.

Yes, I know, pinning would be the better way, but it is very, very seldom, I 
need to install something from a higher repo.

And yes, I know, mixing repos is no good idea, so I am using this only for 
applications, which are using theire own libraries (or libs, they are only for 
this special application).

Do you know another way, except pinning or my (weired) way?

Oh, last but not least, I know, Oracle has its own debian-repo for virtualbox, 
but it looks somehow not well set up IMHO.

Thanks for reading this.

Best regards

Hans

 

 

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EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-10-26 17:40 +0200
  Re: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-10-26 18:40 +0200
    Re: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-26 19:10 +0200
        Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to  stable? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-10-26 19:30 +0200
        Re: Which Virtual Manager? Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-26 19:50 +0200
          Re: Which Virtual Manager? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-10-26 20:10 +0200
        Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-10-26 21:20 +0200
          Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-10-26 21:30 +0200
            Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-27 11:20 +0200
              Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-10-27 19:40 +0200
              Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-27 21:10 +0200
                Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2023-10-28 06:30 +0200
                Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2023-10-28 12:40 +0200
                Re: Which Virtual Manager? Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-10-28 14:20 +0200
              Re: Which Virtual Manager? Was: EASY way to install packages from  trixie/sid to stable? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-10-27 22:20 +0200
  Re: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-10-26 18:40 +0200
  Re: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? exceptbees <exceptbees@proton.me> - 2023-10-26 19:30 +0200
  Re: EASY way to install packages from trixie/sid to stable? Peter Hillier-Brook <phb@hbsys.plus.com> - 2023-10-26 21:50 +0200

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