Debian and Ubuntu repositories
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-Michael Stapelberg <michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-July 2011
+Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
+July 2013
== When should you use our repositories?
in Debian stable can be old, however (we cannot update it after stable has
been released). The best way is to add Debian testing and tell +apt+ to
prefer Debian stable. You should *not* use our repository.
+ Alternatively, you can also use
+ link:http://backports.debian.org/[stable-backports (e.g. wheezy-backports for
+ Debian wheezy)].
You are using Ubuntu::
Only a handful of packages are maintained by Ubuntu developers. The rest is
synchronized periodically from Debian, every 6 months. Therefore, Ubuntu
often includes old versions of i3. You should use our Ubuntu repository.
You want the latest i3 development version::
- If you are using Debian (Debian-derived systems might work, too) and want
- the latest development version of i3, you should use our Debian repository.
+ If you are using Debian (Debian-derived systems might work, too) or Ubuntu
+ and want the latest development version of i3, you should use our Debian
+ repository.
== Ubuntu repository
-The Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable release
-of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
+=== Stable releases
+
+This Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable
+release of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
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-# echo 'deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ karmic universe' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# echo "deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ $(lsb_release -c -s) universe" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install sur5r-keyring
# apt-get update
# apt-get install i3
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+The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: oneiric, precise, quantal,
+raring, saucy, trusty.
+
+=== Development releases
+
+This Ubuntu repository contains packages which are automatically built a few
+minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
+
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+# echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/ubuntu/raring raring main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install i3-autobuild-keyring
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install i3
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Development versions are only available for the latest version of Ubuntu, which
+is raring at the moment.
+
== Debian repository
Our Debian repository contains packages which are automatically built a few
minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
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-# echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/debian/i3-wm sid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+# echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/debian/sid sid main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list
# apt-get update
-# apt-get install i3-wm
+# apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install i3-autobuild-keyring
+# apt-get update
+# apt-get install i3
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+== Preferring the autobuilder version of i3
+
+On installations where you have multiple sources (stable and testing, or
+testing and unstable for example), +apt-get install i3+ might not get you the
+autobuilder version.
+
To ensure that the autobuilt i3 packages will be preferred to the packages of
-your distribution, put the following entry *at the beginning* of your
-+/etc/apt/preferences+:
+your distribution, create the file
++/etc/apt/preferences.d/00-i3-autobuild.pref+ with the following contents:
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-Package: *
+Package: i3*
Pin: origin "build.i3wm.org"
Pin-Priority: 1001
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-Then, install +i3-wm+.
+Then, run +apt-get update+ and install +i3+.