Re: building kopete, cannot install libqt3-dev -> xlibs-pic]

[David Oakes <doakes@ns.sympatico.ca>]

pander@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

> What is apt-pinning? At the moment I also have troubles getting KDE and 
> gnome reinstalled, all sorts of excluding dependancies, really horrible, 
> I can only run icewm and less.


Apt-Pinning for Beginners:
http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html

Add a couple of things to that preferences file he used:

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 700
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600
Package: *
Pin: origin download.kde.org
Pin-Priority: 710
Package: *
Pin: origin www.penguinppc.org
Pin-Priority: 720
Package: *
Pin: origin ftp.openoffice.tuxfamily.org
Pin-Priority: 730


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