Re: Silly question: why no gnome in experimental
apt-get -t experimental install gnome
On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 11:05 +0200, Magnus Therning wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 02:28:47PM -0300, Igor Morgado wrote:
> >Good Question..
> >To solve this problem a have done this:
> >
> >apt-get install -yuf bug-buddy gnome-control-center dasher eog
> >epiphany file-roller gcalctool gconf-editor gdm gedit gnome-applets
> >gnome-games gnome-icon-theme gnome-keyring gnome-mag gnome-media
> >gnomemeeting gnome-nettool gnome-panel gnome-session
> >gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-themes
> >gnome-utils gnome-volume-manager gnopernicus gok gpdf gucharmap
> >metacity nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-media scrollkeeper yelp
> >zenity gnome-netstatus-applet libgnome-speech3 totem-gstreamer
> >gstreamer-misc gstreamer-player gstreamer-plugins gstreamer-tools
> >gtk-engines-begtk gtk-engines-eazel gtk-engines-geramik
> >gtk-engines-geramik-data gtk-engines-icegradient
> >gtk-engines-industrial gtk-engines-lighthouseblue gtk-engines-mac2
> >gtk-engines-metal gtk-engines-mist gtk-engines-notif
> >gtk-engines-pixmap gtk-engines-qtpixmap gtk-engines-raleigh
> >gtk-engines-redmond95 gtk-engines-smooth gtk-engines-thingeramik
> >gtk-engines-thingeramik-data gtk-engines-thinice
> >gtk-engines-xenophilia gstreamer0.8-esd rpm esound-clients ntp
> >gnome-themes-extras gok-doc gstreamer-player-nautilus
> >libqt3c102-mt-psql libqt3c102-mt-mysql libqt3c102-mt-odbc sidplay-base
> >xsidplay mpg321 sharutils lzop gnome2-user-guide gstreamer0.8-plugins
> >libatk1.0-data dvd+rw-tools gstreamer0.8-dvd alien -t experimental
>
> This sure is a long list of packages. I tried using 'aptitude' to avoid
> it, but instead it seems that the gnome package in Sid (version 59 I
> believe) depends on specific versions of packages ('=' is used instead
> of '=<', maybe for good reasons) and a recent upgrade from experimental
> removed my 'gnome' package. Since I mix usage of 'apt-get' 'aptitude'
> and 'debfoster' (which might be stupid) I immediately ended up in a
> situation where 'debfoster' all of a sudden saw a lot of packages that
> had been orphaned. I opted for 'apt-get install gnome' and a few of the
> Gnome2.8 packages were removed :( I'd really like to eat the cake and
> keep it too.
>
> /M
>
> >
> >On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 19:16:09 +0200, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
> >> This might be a silly question, but why isn't there a meta-package for
> >> gnome in experimental?
> >>
> >> (The only reason I could think of was that it might be uninstallable too
> >> often to be useful due to frequent updates of the packages. But why does
> >> it work in unstable then?)
> >>
> >> /M
> >>
> >> --
> >> Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4)
> >> magnus@therning.org
> >> http://magnus.therning.org/
> >>
> >> Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the
> >> ark; professionals built the Titanic.
> >> -- Anonymous
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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