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Install Cherokee (testing) on Debian Lenny

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Add the following to /etc/sources:

```text
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free



Create `/etc/apt/apt.conf` with:


    ```text
    APT::Default-Release "stable";

Create /etc/apt/preferences for pinning the testing packages:

```text
Package: libssl-dev
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libssl0.9.8
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libcherokee-base0
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: mysql-common
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libmysqlclient16
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libcherokee-server0
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libcherokee-config0
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: libcherokee-mod-admin
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: cherokee
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 999  
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 500



Then install the packages:


    ```bash
    apt-get install -t testing cherokee libcherokee-base0 libcherokee-server0 libcherokee-config0 libcherokee-mod-admin libssl0.9.8

That’s the installation. For the configuration, check out the Cherokee cookbooks.