Example for Debian Wheezy with libraries from testing: * ''/etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning'' (create this file): {{{ Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 }}} * ''/etc/apt/sources.list'': If it looks like this: {{{ deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free }}} * Add this (make sure the hosts are the same): ''/etc/apt/sources.list.d/testing.list'': {{{ deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free }}} * Update and install libraries: {{{ apt-get update apt-get -t testing install libc6 libc6-dev libc6-i386 libc6:i386 libc6-i686:i386 locales }}} Sources: * http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10863613/how-to-upgrade-glibc-from-version-2-13-to-2-15-on-debian