How to install a debian experimental package?

There's a bug affecting the s3cmd package in the wheezy repository. The experimental branch has an updated version that I require.

I added:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental main

to my sources list. Ran apt-get update, then I ran

apt-get -t experimental install s3cmd

Which just says the package is at the newest version. But it's clearly not. What's going on?

Zitat von ryecoaaron

While I dont recommend installing packages from other Debian releases, I definitely would not add the whole repo. Download the individual package and install it with dpkg. I picked the jessie-backports version because it is closest to the version you are using and the same version is in stretch and sid. Did you report the bug?

Ok, removed the experimental repo. I tried to install the package you picked but this is what I get:

root@openmediavault:~# dpkg -i s3cmd_1.6.1-1~bpo8+1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package s3cmd.
(Reading database ... 53523 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking s3cmd (from s3cmd_1.6.1-1~bpo8+1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of s3cmd:
 s3cmd depends on python-dateutil; however:
  Package python-dateutil is not installed.
 s3cmd depends on python-magic; however:
  Package python-magic is not installed.
 s3cmd depends on python:any (<< 2.8); however:
 s3cmd depends on python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~); however:


dpkg: error processing s3cmd (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 s3cmd

note: bug was reported and fixed by someone else. Just so happens the version wheezy is stuck with is the last version before the fix.

dpkg --force-all -i s3cmd_1.6.1-1~bpo8+1_all.deb did it. Had to install python-magic before with apt-install -f and then install s3cmd with force.

Thanks! Now i have SnapRAID and S3 offsite backup. Neato.