1 Debian and Ubuntu repositories
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3 Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
6 == When should you use our repositories?
8 In general, you should use the repositories of your distribution. Adding
9 third-party repositories to your +/etc/sources.list+ has security implications
10 and makes your +apt-get update+ take longer. However, in some cases, using our
11 repositories makes sense:
13 You are using Debian stable::
14 The latest version of i3 will be in Debian testing quite soon. The version
15 in Debian stable can be old, however (we cannot update it after stable has
16 been released). The best way is to add Debian testing and tell +apt+ to
17 prefer Debian stable. You should *not* use our repository.
18 You are using Ubuntu::
19 Only a handful of packages are maintained by Ubuntu developers. The rest is
20 synchronized periodically from Debian, every 6 months. Therefore, Ubuntu
21 often includes old versions of i3. You should use our Ubuntu repository.
22 You want the latest i3 development version::
23 If you are using Debian (Debian-derived systems might work, too) or Ubuntu
24 and want the latest development version of i3, you should use our Debian
31 This Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable
32 release of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
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35 # echo "deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ $(lsb_release -c -s) universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
37 # apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install sur5r-keyring
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42 The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: maverick, natty, oneiric,
45 === Development releases
47 This Ubuntu repository contains packages which are automatically built a few
48 minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
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51 # echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/ubuntu/oneiric oneiric main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
53 # apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install i3-autobuild-keyring
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58 Development versions are only available for the latest version of Ubuntu, which
59 is oneiric at the moment.
63 Our Debian repository contains packages which are automatically built a few
64 minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
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67 # echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/debian/sid sid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
69 # apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install i3-autobuild-keyring
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74 == Preferring the autobuilder version of i3
76 On installations where you have multiple sources (stable and testing, or
77 testing and unstable for example), +apt-get install i3+ might not get you the
80 To ensure that the autobuilt i3 packages will be preferred to the packages of
81 your distribution, put the following entry *at the beginning* of your
82 +/etc/apt/preferences+:
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86 Pin: origin "build.i3wm.org"
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