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Installing old files [SOLVED]
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:12 am
by Scorpio_Snake
I am trying to install a program that wants older files from Lenny. What is the best way to go about installing them?
Re: Installing old files
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:36 am
by vincent
What program is this/what packages do you intend to install from Lenny? My advice would differ depending on what specific packages are in question...
Re: Installing old files
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:03 am
by Scorpio_Snake
I am wanting to install Amazon MP3 Downloader. It requires libboost 1.34.1 files, specifically libboost-filesystem1.34.1 libboost-thread1.34.1 libboost-iostreams1.34.1 libboost-signals1.34.1 libboost-date-time1.34.1
Re: Installing old files
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:29 pm
by vincent
Those older libboost packages don't seem to conflict with any packages in Debian Squeeze, so installing them should theoretically be safe. Just install them manually from
http://packages.debian.org, and install them using
Re: Installing old files
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 11:03 pm
by Scorpio_Snake
Thank you! I got it working.