Re: Installing Ubuntu packages
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:28 am
Hardy Heron is the release that Elyssa uses. I am running the debian lenny shame repo for compiz-fusion and I have also upgraded many packages to Ubuntu Intrepid.
You should be able to use any .deb package, but you may run into massive dependency issues. With so many supported versions of distros running .deb packages there are also many versions of the same package. Also, be careful about enabling another distros repo and doing a general upgrade. You may wind up running that distro instead of Mint 5! In fact, I have posed the question to others about the possibility of upgrading Mint 5 to debian Lenny. I may try this on a spare computer just to see what happens.
You should be able to use any .deb package, but you may run into massive dependency issues. With so many supported versions of distros running .deb packages there are also many versions of the same package. Also, be careful about enabling another distros repo and doing a general upgrade. You may wind up running that distro instead of Mint 5! In fact, I have posed the question to others about the possibility of upgrading Mint 5 to debian Lenny. I may try this on a spare computer just to see what happens.