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Debian is recognized for its stability and its innovations in terms of Linux distributions. It is no coincidence that Debian is the basis for more than 180 distros (including derivatives as Kurumin, Knoppix and Ubuntu), or more than half of all distros listed on the site DistroWatch.com.

All this popularity and strength were won over years of work and accuracy in packaging and distribution of more than 20,000 packages officially available. Very good for the network administrator who can rely on Debian for any service. But in some cases as anti-virus, anti-spam filters and update of time zones can be laborious, because the Debian policy a stable version does not receive updates that affect the features, functionality and / or the version (number) of the package. Hence many administrators can use the repository of debian backports package that provides more updated (versions with new features) without breaking dependencies in Debian stable. But the use of backports is not always advisable, because it is not a project official.

But the Debian project identified the need for more frequent updating of certain packages that could not follow the normal cycle for launching new stable releases. To meet this demand was the repositóro volatile, through this, all that work with the Debian stable, secure updates to the package without causing any major problem of dependency and most importantly with all the quality control of the stable Debian packages.

To use the repository of the Debian volatile simply add in your / etc / apt / sources.list the line:

  debian-volatile etch / volatile main contrib non-free deb http:// volatile.debian.org / debian-volatile etch / volatile main contrib non-free 

Then add the GPG key repository of Volatile:

  # Wget-q http://www.debian.org/volatile/etch-volatile.asc-O-| apt-key add -- 

Then simply update the list of packages and then the packages, automatically update your packages will be installed from the repositórito Volatile:

  # Aptitude update; aptitude upgrade