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I am looking for a script that would enable debian backports for debian squeeze, something that I could just run and will enable me to install new packages like a decent version of mercurial after, just by doing apt-get upgrade mercurial.

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Read this and put the instructions there in a script. What's the problem with it?

echo "deb http://YOURMIRROR.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports(-sloppy) main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update

And then you can do

 apt-get -t squeeze-backports install "mercurial"
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Is there a way to activate mercurial from backports so you can install it without having to specify the -t ? –  sorin Apr 19 '13 at 12:58
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