Re: [bitfolk] Installing later versions of packages than provided by http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com

Hi, Don't worry about asking questions: it's best to get things straight at the start rather than have to patch things up on a running system. If you're just starting out with your VPS and you're running Debian then I'd recommend being on Squeeze rather than Lenny as Squeeze will have newer packages and, as it's the current stable release, it will be supported for longer. That said, if you're just starting out with Linux, I'd proceed with the upgrade from Lenny -> Squeeze *very* carefully (but don't actually let that put you off; there's not much to lose). If you decide to do the upgrade then I can dig out all the references I used when I did it at the weekend. If your VPS is not yet configured for anything you may be best off installing it from scratch with Squeeze. You can find out what versions of which packages are available here: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages Scroll down and plonk "python" into the "Search package directories" "Keyword" box. When you get the results page there is a set of links that you can use to compare the different Debian versions : "lenny", "lenny-backports" and "all suites" will be interesting in relation to your current configuration. The "backports" repositories often contain packages from a later version of Debian, "testing", that have been set up to run on an earlier version. Some effort has been put in to ensuring that these will be upgradeable should you decide to move between Debian versions. If you use other unofficial repositories then you may run into problems if you ever need to upgrade your system. Regards, @ndy -- andyjpb(a)ashurst.eu.org http://www.ashurst.eu.org/ 0x7EBA75FF