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I have a question regarding packages repository in Debian (Lenny). A new server at rackspace cloud service comes with nothing (plain system) so i had to upgrade system and install all necessary packages by myself. But the problem is that default repositories does not provide newer versions of software i need (PHP is 5.2.6, comparing to 5.2.13). In CentOS i used to get all new packages from third-party sources, which works really well till now. I have talked to guys from rackspace about it and looks like they cant provide anything except kernel headers. And i dont really want to build from source.

So, whats the way to get newer software ? Any good third party sources?

Thanks.

Best Answer

If you are only looking for packages such as PHP to be updated, you might try the repositories at http://www.dotdeb.org/. I have used these packages before with good results on a Debian webserver.

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Yum – How to Know Which Yum Repository a Package Was Installed From

With yum-utils installed, repoquery will provide the information you seek (here 'epel' being the repository).

$ repoquery -i cherokee

Name        : cherokee
Version     : 0.99.49
Release     : 1.el5
Architecture: i386
Size        : 8495964
Packager    : Fedora Project
Group       : Applications/Internet
URL         : http://www.cherokee-project.com/
Repository  : epel
Summary     : Flexible and Fast Webserver
Description :
Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports
the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, TLS and SSL
encrypted connections, Virtual hosts, Authentication, on the fly encoding,
Apache compatible log files, and much more.

Debian Source Package – How to Install Build-Dependencies

Use mk-build-deps which is part of devscripts.

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