Need to install a package from Debian repos in Ubuntu 18.04

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I'm working in Ubuntu Bionic Docker image and am in need of the libcxx-serial-dev package, but this only seems to be available in the Debian repos. How do I go about installing this package on Ubuntu 18.04?

I tried adding the following to my /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian main

but then I couldn't find the public key for the repo.

Does anyone know how to solve this?

Does this answer your question? Adding Debian Sid as Package Repository? — user68186, Mar 08 '22 at 14:17
It might, but apt throws me an error because I haven't added the public key of the repo, and I don't know how or where to get said pub key. — VGC3OCJA50, Mar 08 '22 at 14:22
Don't do it! Mixing repositories of two different distributions may make your system files incompatible and your computer may not work. — user68186, Mar 08 '22 at 15:36
Do not invent bicycles, use https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=libcxx-serial-dev on focal docker image. — N0rbert, Mar 08 '22 at 15:36
Yes thank you, see my answer down, this is exactly what I resorted to. — VGC3OCJA50, Mar 08 '22 at 16:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 08 '22 at 14:15

You might want to use https://packages.ubuntu.com/focal/amd64/libcxx-serial-dev/download instead

or use source package from main repository https://gitlab.com/leamas/cxx-serial and build it for your ubuntu

the build process is described in the ReadMe file of the official repository

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '22 at 15:21

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As it turns out, this package just isn't available in the Bionic Beaver repos, but it is however in the Focal Fossa repos. Updating my Docker image to ubuntu:focal solved my issue.

answered Mar 08 '22 at 15:21

VGC3OCJA50

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Need to install a package from Debian repos in Ubuntu 18.04

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