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Is it safe to install Ubuntu packages on Debian?

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Mar 15, 202616219 views
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I've found online guides to adding Ubuntu PPAs and repositories to a Debian system. Is this a bad idea? If so, why?

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Basically, since dpkg and apt are shared between Debian and Ubuntu, they will be able to read and use repositories made for "the other side" without problems. However, as soon as you try to install non-trivial packages from a "foreign" repository, y…

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