CompatDB.org available over apt-get

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CompatDB.org available over apt-get - 02/10/07 09:09 AM

Debian/Ubuntu users can fetch the latest compatibility database now with their favorite package manager

Here is the apt repository for /etc/apt/sources.list:

Code:
# CompatDB.org
deb http://MIRROR/apt/ ./


You need to replace MIRROR with the actual mirror. For example:

Code:
# CompatDB.org
deb http://compatdb.majorgeeks.com/apt/ ./


The following packages are available over apt:
compatdb.org-windows
compatdb.org-linux
compatdb.org-macos

The compatibility data will be installed in the /usr/share/compatdb.org-<database> directory.

Code:
# apt-get install compatdb.org-linux
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  compatdb.org-linux 
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 101kB of archives. After unpacking 549kB will be used.
Get:1 http://compatdb.majorgeeks.com ./ compatdb.org-linux 20070210 [101kB]
Fetched 101kB in 5s (17.5kB/s)            
Selecting previously deselected package compatdb.org-linux.
(Reading database ... 9896 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking compatdb.org-linux (from .../compatdb.org-linux_20070210_all.deb) ...
Setting up compatdb.org-linux (20070210) ...

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