Using Dotdeb is very simple:
1. Add the main repository to your sources.list
Depending on your distribution (Wheezy or Squeeze), add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file (you can also choose a mirror near you) :
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all
or
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze all
2. Options
If you want to install :
- PHP 5.4 on Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”, add these two lines too :
deb http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org squeeze-php54 all
3. Fetch and install the GnuPG key
wget http://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg cat dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
4. Enjoy
Run apt-get update. You should now be able to install the Dotdeb packages you want with apt-get (or dselect, or aptitude as well…)
Notes :
- old packages are kept on http://archives.dotdeb.org/
- packaging scripts are hosted on Github