Is there a MX repo associated with antiX-17?

[seaken64]

Ok, my head is spinning a little. But I really appreciate the expertise shown by you guys. I will do as you suggest and try it. But I do have to read up on making backups first.

I do have another machine I can try it on. But I need to learn the right way to do the backups. I'll work on it.

Seaken64

[seaken64]

I'm assuming that antiX-17 does not have the MX repos in the sources files for a reason. I don't know what that reason is though. Why did antiX-15/16 have MX-15 repos in the sources but antiX-17 does not have a similar association with an MX-17 repo?

Seaken64

[anticapitalista]

I'm assuming that antiX-17 does not have the MX repos in the sources files for a reason. I don't know what that reason is though. Why did antiX-15/16 have MX-15 repos in the sources but antiX-17 does not have a similar association with an MX-17 repo?

Seaken64

MX-17/18 includes apps that require libs from beyond debian stable as stevo mentions (eg vlc), and this makes it more difficult to dist-upgrade to later versions.
Basically, antiX attempts to keep to debian stable as much as possible. We are less concerned about providing the latest shiny packages.

[seaken64]

Ok, thank you. That makes sense.

Seaken64

[seaken64]

Here's an update on my installing the latest streamtuner2 on antiX-17.

I decided to download and install the .deb file from the mxrepo.com location instead of enabling the entire repo in the sources lists.

Before I installed the .deb file I created a backup of my system. I got a little confused on exactly how to best make the backup, I ended up using the iso-snapshot. It did work but it took almost three hours. This is a P-III with 512 Mb Ram and I chose to save directly to the USB drive, so it was slow. Maybe I should have used the luckyBackup software instead. I'll try that next to see if it goes any faster.

I also installed gdebi since it was missing from the standard install of antiX-17. After I installed gdebi I used it to install the streamtuner2 package. Everything completed with no errors and I had streamtuner2 version 2.2.1 installed. I tested it and it works fine.

So, no problems using the .deb file and gdebi. I will probably go ahead an include the mxrepo in my sources and just be careful to keep it disabled unless I need a particular package.

Thanks again for all the suggestions and pointing me in the right direction. I think I am now understanding how to manage the repos in antiX without borking my system.

Seaken64