Debian and Ubuntu repositories
-<michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-November 2011 +<michael@i3wm.org>
+September 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
-
@@ -63,12 +66,13 @@ You are using Ubuntu
- -You want the latest i3 development version +If 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.
2. Ubuntu repository
The Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable release -of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
2.1. Stable releases
+This Ubuntu repository is provided by sur5r and contains the latest stable +release of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
# echo 'deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ natty 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
The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: maverick, natty, oneiric, -precise.
All Ubuntu versions which are currently supported by Ubuntu itself are also supported by +this repository. See Ubuntu releases for details.
Packages for unsupported Ubuntu versions might exist but may disappear any time.
2.2. Development releases
+This Ubuntu repository contains packages which are automatically built a few +minutes after every commit. To use it, run the following commands:
# echo 'deb http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild-ubuntu xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list +# apt-get update +# apt-get --allow-unauthenticated install i3-autobuild-keyring +# rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/dl.bintray.com_i3_i3-autobuild-ubuntu_* +# apt-get update +# apt-get install i3+
Development versions are only available for the latest version of Ubuntu, which +is xenial at the moment.
# echo 'deb http://build.i3wm.org/debian/i3-wm sid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list -# apt-get update -# apt-get install i3-wm+
$ /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild/pool/main/i/i3-autobuild-keyring/i3-autobuild-keyring_2016.10.01_all.deb keyring.deb SHA256:460e8c7f67a6ae7c3996cc8a5915548fe2fee9637b1653353ec62b954978d844 +# apt install ./keyring.deb +# echo 'deb http://dl.bintray.com/i3/i3-autobuild sid main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/i3-autobuild.list +# apt update +# apt install i3