[SciPy-User] cython from Debian unstable

[Gael Varoquaux]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 07:41:28PM -0400, Angus McMorland wrote:
> 2009/8/16 Tom Kuiper <kuiper at jpl.nasa.gov>:
> >> It seems that 0.11.2 is in the unstable Debian distribution.  Can
> >> someone suggest how to get that package without having to upgrade to
> >> unstable?

> In case you're still looking for a solution, and disclaimer: this is
> from memory as I use Ubuntu now, you can temporarily add the unstable
> repositories into your apt sources list, and use `apt-get install -t
> unstable cython` to just get that version. It will, I believe, pull in
> any dependencies from the unstable distribution that it requires as
> well, but not generally upgrade the system. Then I've commented the
> unstable repositories out again to ensure that I don't pull in any
> more unstable packages than I need in subsequent operations.

Don't do that. Use Robert's solution. It has no chances of breaking
your install.

Gaël