Brian49 wrote:All the relevant Xfce 4.10 packages are now in the Experimental repository. I've just had a go at a complete upgrade, and so far it appears to have gone through with no problems.
In addition to upgrading the various packages with "xfce4" in the package name to v.4.10.0-1, it's also necessary to upgrade Thunar and its main related packages to v.1.4.0-1, four exo-related packages to v.0.8.0-1, and if you are using libgarcon for your menus, its two related packages to v.0.2.0-1.
There may be problems with some panel plugins whose authors haven't yet updated them for the new version of Xfce. I don't use any of those plugins, so I'm not directly affected.
No doubt these various packages will show up in the Unstable repository before too long, but I got tired of waiting!
I got this tutorial online, just have a look at it it seems a bit old, if you give me go ahead I will follow it for including the repository or some things need to be changed, please guide!
Install Debian packages from the unstable or
experimental repositories
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LMDE is based on Debain testing, which is a good choice, since it is the most stable
rolling Debian version. But what if you want to install packages from the unstable or
experimental Debian repositories, because you need a program or newer version of a
programm which isn't in the testing repositories, yet. There is an easy way of doing
that, but first:
WARNING: DO NOT INSTALL PACKAGES FROM THE "UNSTABLE" OR
"EXPERIMENTAL" REPOSITORIES, IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, WHAT YOU ARE
DOING. DOING SO *COULD* BREAK YOUR SYSTEM.
I think, you saw that one coming. Now let's start.
1. At first we need to pin the packages in all Debian-branches except the testing
branch. There are many ways to do this. I chose the most conservative way, which
only installs from unstable or experimental if I say so. (see
http://wiki.debian.org
/AptPreferences#NotesfromJoshuaRodman) We edit /etc/apt/preferences as
follows:
Package: *
Pin: release o=linuxmint
Pin-Priority: 700
Package: *
Pin: origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pin-Priority: 700
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Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: -10
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: -10
The -10 priority for all unstable and experimental packages prevents those from being
installed or updated automatically. The 500 priority for the testing branch allows
packages from the testing branch to be installed automatically.
2. When apt is aware of that, we can add the unstable and experimental repositories
to our sources.list located at /etc/apt/sources.list. Just add those two lines at the
end of the file:
deb
http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb
http://ftp.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
3. Now we should update apt so that it can find the new packages. Run:
sudo apt-get update
4. To install a package from the unstable or experimental repository we have two
options. The first one is the safer one, as it only updates exactly the package I chose.
(If the package has dependencies, which are not in the testing branch, it won't install)
sudo apt-get install PACKAGENAME/unstable
sudo apt-get install PACKAGENAME/experimental
The second one also installs dependencies only available in the unstable or
experimental branch.
sudo apt-get -t unstable install PACKAGENAME
sudo apt-get -t experimental install PACKAGENAME