Re: Kde 2.2 Beta1
>>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:24:37 +0200,
>>> "Franz" == Franz Keferböck <franz.keferboeck@gmx.at> wrote:
Franz> Im rather new to debian and especially to woody, but i want to use
Franz> kde2.2beta on my linux box. the only kde2.2-debs i found were @
Franz> ftp.debian.org (none at ftp.kde.org!!). However, what do i have
Franz> to do to use the kde2.2-debs from sid on my woody-box?
Franz> Is there any apt-get - way executeable for a not-yet-debianexpert
Well, playing with "unstable" might be worth avoiding for a while, if
you're new to Debian.
In addition, I personally experienced problems with the kde2.2beta, and
have had to down-grade (somewhat trickier than upgrading).
Franz> All the things in this thread seem to be moreless snippets to me, i'd need
Franz> something complete...
Okay, if you're brave enough, here's what you need to do:
(1) Add "unstable" lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list
Here's what I use; adapt for you own local mirrors ...
,--- /etc/apt/sources.list ---
| deb http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian testing main contrib non-free
| deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free
| deb http://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/linux/debian unstable main contrib non-free
| deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/pub/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
(2) Make "testing" the default in /etc/apt/preferences
,--- /etc/apt/preferences ---
| Package: *
| Pin: release a=testing
| Pin-Priority: 1777
|
| Package: *
| Pin: release a=unstable
| Pin-Priority: 333
(3) Force-install selected package from "unstable"
# apt-get -t unstable install task-kde
Franz> MfG
Franz> Franz Keferböck
>> >>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:22:01 -0400,
>> >>> "mikepolniak" == mikepolniak <mikpolniak@adelphia.net> wrote:
>>
mikepolniak> I also needed to apt-get install konqueror but the beta
mikepolniak> konqueror crashes way more than the old one and i' am stuck
mikepolniak> with it because of the dependencies.
>>
>> I managed to downgrade my konqueror from "unstable" to "testing", because
Franz> I
>> was also having crash problems.
>>
>> You need to pin the "testing" packages to a priority of over 1000, in
Franz> order
>> to allow downgrading. Here are the "/etc/apt/preferences" settings I
Franz> used:
>>
>> Package: *
>> Pin: release a=testing
>> Pin-Priority: 1777
>>
>> Package: *
>> Pin: release a=unstable
>> Pin-Priority: 333
>>
>> Then I de-installed my KDE packages using "dpkg --force-all -r". This
>> breaks a whole bunch of dependencies, and generates a bunch of warnings.
>>
>> Finally, I re-installed KDE from "testing" using "apt-get -f install".
>> Seems to have worked.
>>
>> --
>> Mike
>>
>>
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