[med-svn] [Debian Wiki] Update of "DebianMed/HowToGet" by AndreasTille

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  == Q. What about other Linux distros? ==
  
- A. Due to fundamental technical differences between DEB packages and formats like RPM or Gentoo Ebuilds, the packaging work done by Debian Med does not translate easily to RedHat, Suse, CentOS, Scientific Linux, etc.  Therefore our efforts are not likely to be useful to users of these systems.  An exception is [[http://www.linuxmint.com|Linux Mint]] which takes the [[extended pool of packages|http://community.linuxmint.com/software/search]] directly from Ubuntu and therefore has all the same Debian Med software as the regular Ubuntu distribution.  You can also add [[https://launchpad.net/~debian-med/+archive/ppa|our PPA]] to a Linux Mint system ''[I need to check this is true - Tim]''.
+ A. Due to fundamental technical differences between DEB packages and formats like RPM or Gentoo Ebuilds, the packaging work done by Debian Med does not translate easily to RedHat, Suse, CentOS, Scientific Linux, etc.  Therefore the efforts of the Debian Med team are not likely to be useful to users of these systems.  An exception is [[http://www.linuxmint.com|Linux Mint]] which takes the [[extended pool of packages|http://community.linuxmint.com/software/search]] directly from Ubuntu and therefore has all the same Debian Med software as the regular Ubuntu distribution.  You can also add [[https://launchpad.net/~debian-med/+archive/ppa|Debian Med PPA]] to a Linux Mint system ''[I need to check this is true - Tim]''.
  
  == Q. I want a package that isn't in the Debian Archive, or a newer version of one that is. What can I do? ==
  
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   1. Try installing packages from the newer Debian or Ubuntu release directly.  If the package installs cleanly then in theory it should work.  Packages can be downloaded from [[http://packages.debian.org|packages.debian.org]] or [[http://packages.ubuntu.com|packages.ubuntu.com]] respectively.  The downside is that some packages will not install cleanly due to missing dependency requirements, and even if the package installs you will miss out on automatic updates.
  
-  1. For Ubuntu users, try [[https://launchpad.net/~debian-med/+archive/ppa|our Launchpad PPA]] as mentioned above.  You can also [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas|search Launchpad]] for packages of interest but be aware; they have no way to audit what gets uploaded on the site and so you should consider carefully before installing software from a PPA.
+  1. For Ubuntu users, try [[https://launchpad.net/~debian-med/+archive/ppa|Debian Med Launchpad PPA]] as mentioned above.  You can also [[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas|search Launchpad]] for packages of interest but be aware; they have no way to audit what gets uploaded on the site and so you should consider carefully before installing software from a PPA.
  
   1. Try doing the backport yourself, by building a source package into a binary DEB.  See the next question.