Blog: All you need to know about installing software in DDEV

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Cover these topics:

• how to upgrade/downgrade/find Debian packages, search on https://pkgs.org/ and https://repology.org/ and https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=your-package-name
• finding command you want to use with https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta
• how to set pin (apt-mark hold), look at history of blackfire pin on ddev/ddev
• how to install specific package version if several are available
• how to copy single binary to container
• how to use debian snapshots and archive
• how to install newer versions from trixie (not recommended)
• how to use bookworm-backports https://packages.debian.org/bookworm-backports/
• how to install packages like bitnami/git Upgrade git version to 2.4x to make it meet some enterprise security conditions ddev#7351
• how to build from source (git, make)
• check https://github.com/intoli/exodus
• add example of using https://explainshell.com/