Re: Switching back to Debian Gnome.
>>>>> On 22 Jan 2001 20:01:15 -0800, adrian_j@canada.com said:
adrian> Ok, mixing Helix Code/Ximian with "testing" has been broken
adrian> for me for too long now. Apparently removing
adrian> spidermonkey.helixcode.com from apt.sources isn't
adrian> enough... (And I'm not sure how update-alternatives comes
adrian> into play?) What can I do to force the package system to
adrian> install curent versions of packages when alternate vendors
adrian> versions are already installed, but not available? Even if I
adrian> go back to Ximian later, this would be nice to know.
adrian> Please CC me, as I am not subscribed.
adrian> ps. I looked over the archives, and while this isn't new, I
adrian> havn't seen any verified solutions. Has this changed or have
adrian> I missed something? BTW, don't get me wrong, Helix Code has
adrian> rocked in the past.
Mostly Rob Brownings directions:
Get a list of helix packages:
grep-status -F Version -s Package helix | perl -pe 's/^Package: //' > helix.packages
edit to taste (I removed sawfish-themes, gtk-themes, and
helix-sweetpill from the list because there were no equivalent debian
packages (someone correct me if I'm wrong)).
dpkg -r --force-depends `cat helix.packages`
apt-get install `cat helix.packages`
cleanup a bit. Probably some packages don't have the same name from
helix to debian.
Do all this carefully. This is near what I did, but not exactly.
Jim
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