[tex-live] upgrading Debian packages

[Sebastian P. Luque]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:44:01 +0200,
Frank Küster <frank at kuesterei.ch> wrote:

> "Sebastian P. Luque" <spluque at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,

>> Is it still necessary to include this entry in /etc/apt/sources.list:


>> # Texlive deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src
>> http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/ unstable main


>> since the packages are now available from the standard Debian unstable
>> and testing sources?  I got confused by the message in
>> http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html.

> AFAIK ftp.it.debian.org is just the italian mirror of the main Debian
> server - Norbert works in Italy and therefore used that as an example.

> You can use any mirror, and testing or unstable as you prefer.

>> Also, is it still necessary to purge before upgrading of the texlive
>> packages, as it was recommended in the past?  Thanks in advance.

> No, this was only for upgrades while it was in experimental.  Now it
> should work just as usual: apt-get update or apt-get dist-upgrade.

Thanks, it's great to see texlive fully integrated into Debian.  Thanks to
Norbert and all the developers for these efforts.


A happy Debian texlive user,

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Seb