Debian and Ubuntu repositories
-<michael+i3@stapelberg.de>
-November 2011 +<michael@i3wm.org>
+November 2015
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
-
@@ -84,15 +87,15 @@ You want the latest i3 development version release of i3. To use it, run the following commands:
# . /etc/lsb-release -# echo "deb http://debian.sur5r.net/i3/ $DISTRIB_CODENAME 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.