Debian and Ubuntu repositories
-<michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-November 2011 +<michael@i3wm.org>
+April 2016
1. When should you use our repositories?
In general, you should use the repositories of your distribution. Adding third-party repositories to your /etc/sources.list has security implications -and makes your apt-get update take longer. However, in some cases, using our -repositories makes sense:
- -You are using Debian stable +If you are using Debian stable
-
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ You are using Debian stable 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 + stable-backports (e.g. wheezy-backports for + Debian wheezy).
- -You are using Ubuntu +If you are using Ubuntu
-
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ You are using Ubuntu
- -You want the latest i3 development version +If you want the latest i3 development version
-
@@ -90,8 +93,9 @@ release of i3. To use it, run the following commands: