Re: apt -> wmaker 0.20.3
Err, he said hamm, not bo. It's libc6, but the newer version is
required for most/all slink packages. Also there's a hamm version,
apt_0.1.8_i386.deb at http://www.debian.org/~jgg/
What I would suggest:
Once you have apt, configure /etc/apt/sources.list to include both stable
and frozen and run 'apt-get update'. Then run 'apt-get install wmaker'
(or use the apt method in dselect--there are many wmaker apps available).
After you have it all working, delete the frozen entries in sources.list
and run 'apt-get update' again. Or if you are somewhat brave, run
'apt-get dist-upgrade' (with the frozen list) and beat the rush to 2.1.
Bob
On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> "Christopher S. Swingley" wrote:
> >
> > I've got Debian 2.0 (Hamm) installed and want to jump up to Window Maker
> > 0.20. Earlier this week I tried using dselect to just upgrade wmaker and
> > the packages it depended on, but dselect decided that I should upgrade
> > everything to what was in the unstable ftp directory. From listening in
> > on this group, it sounds like apt-get would be a better way to upgrade a
> > particular package and it's dependencies, without spending hours
> > downloading everything else. Can I simply download the following *.deb
> > files, install them from bottom up with dpkg --install, and then use
> > apt-get to upgrade just window maker and it's dependencies? Will this
> > break anything else (like my package database, or my ability to build
> > programs, etc.)?
> >
> > Here's the packages that apt says it depends on:
> >
> > apt_0_1_9.deb
> > lib6_2_0_7v-1.deb
> > ldso_1.9.9-5.deb
> > libstd++2_9_2_91_60-1.deb
> >
> > Thanks much.
> >
> > [snip]
>
>
> What you are trying to do is essentially an upgrade from a libc5 based system
> to a libc6 one. Just installing the libc6 package isn't enough. There is a
> script kept on debian.org in the 'developer's corner' (or something like this)
> that will do the important work of the upgrade safely. Afterwords, you can
> use apt or dselect to finish the upgrade. Getting slink on a CD (if anyone is
> distributing slink on a CD) would probably make the install easier.
> You could get the source package of wm .20 from the slink sources directory
> and compile it for your libc5 system. This might work, I don't know.
> Note: slink is frozen and working for most people, but just a few weeks ago
> it was both frozen and broken. There are still reported problems by some.
>
>
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> Ed C.
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