MY QUESTION:"If you are using Debian, you should find that sid has the latest version already packaged."
How can I install a program that exists in the "sid" repository without messing up my repository and future updates?
Secondary questions:
Is there a way to add a reference to the "sid" repository that limits itself to gscan2pdf?
Is my repository messed up? If so, where?
Thank you, in advance, for your help.
SITUATION AND HISTORY:
I was able to use gscan2pdf, prior to UP3. At that time, I had monkeyed around with the repositories according to a variety of posts here in the forum.
In order to upgrade properly to UP3 and UP4, I reset my repositories to be "by the book" (to the best of my limited ability).
Upgrading to Update Pack 3 broke three things: gscan2pdf, VirtualBox, and my printing. Upgrading to UP4 did not change those breakages. This thread is only about gscan2pdf. (I plan to scour the forums for a printer and VirtualBox solution before posting for solutions. This program, gscan2pdf, currently holds the highest priority.)
I committed to UP4 around April 30, 2012.
I have been using GNU/Linux for about seven years. But, my ignorance about repositories inspires me to seek more qualified advice before tinkering any further. I hope to avoid reinstalling from the latest ISO and then re-cusomize everything from scratch, so I am posting here for help.
CURRENT CONFIG:
I am using 32-bit LMDE on a Lenovo T60 laptop.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU, T5600 @ 1.83GHz
RAM: 3GB
"lsb_release -a" said:
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No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description: Linux Mint Debian Edition
Release: 1
Codename: debian
"cat /etc/debian_version" said:
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wheezy/sid
"inxi -r" said:
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Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free
deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt sid main
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
"apt-cache policy" said:
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Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main i386 Packages
release v=1.0,o=Google, Inc.,a=stable,n=stable,l=Google,c=main
origin dl.google.com
500 http://www.lamaresh.net/apt/ sid/main i386 Packages
release c=main
origin http://www.lamaresh.net
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/non-free i386 Packages
release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=non-free
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia/ testing/main i386 Packages
release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/ testing/updates/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/ testing/updates/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security/ testing/updates/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian-Security,c=main
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/non-free Translation-en
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main Translation-en
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/contrib Translation-en
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib
origin debian.linuxmint.com
500 http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/ testing/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main
origin debian.linuxmint.com
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/import i386 Packages
release v=1,o=linuxmint,a=debian,n=debian,l=linuxmint,c=import
origin packages.linuxmint.com
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/upstream i386 Packages
release v=1,o=linuxmint,a=debian,n=debian,l=linuxmint,c=upstream
origin packages.linuxmint.com
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian/main i386 Packages
release v=1,o=linuxmint,a=debian,n=debian,l=linuxmint,c=main
origin packages.linuxmint.com
Pinned packages: