Re: dselect listing
On 13 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote:
> --- "M.C. Vernon" wrote: ---
> On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote:
> > I mucked up my package list. I'm trying to install kde and xfree86, the
> > stable versions. One of the 2 required, so I thought, a xlibc _unstable_
> > version. I connected to the local debian distribution ftp site and got the
> > unstable directory listings. Now, dselect wants to upgrade _everything_ to
> the
> > unstable versions. And to install new software, I can only get dselect to
> > choose unstable versions. I'd ideally love to chose something like
> > "install/upgrade stable only" but no such choice exists. I'm willing to go
> > back and build a new package list form the ftp site, but I don't want to go
> and
> > delete something that conceivably could be keeping track of currently
> installed
> > packages. What should I do?
>
> Either:
>
> a) use dpkg to install the programs you want from slink by hand
> b) place all the other packages on hold.
> --- End of Quoted Text ---
>
> This almost answers my question. I have tried to put the unstable packages
> on hold, but I need to install other packages that x depends on. dselect won't
> let me install the stable verisons of currently uninstalled packages, because
> the unstable versions have higher version numbers. dselect only gives me the
> choice of keeping the package uninstalled or installing the slink version. I
> would, if this were a single package, d/l the stable release and dpkg it
> individually. However, I'm trying to install xfree and kde, and my system is
> 2/3 installed, so I really want to avoid installing the remaining 1/3 via
> individual packages.
Hmmm.... if you want X from slink, I would suggest using all the packages
it depends on from slink, as the slink X is significantly different from
the hamm X.
> My question is, how do I get my package list of stable packages back? I
> image what I want to do is delete the local list of available packages. I'm
> leary of deleting any dpkg list, since that could be a quick way into breaking
> the system. And I certainly don't want to delete the list of packages I have
> already installed.
Point it at your hamm mirror/CD/pile of floppies/, and run update again.
HTH,
Matthew
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