Re: Installing select files from potato
On Sun, Mar 28, 1999 at 10:14:59PM -0500, MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> I have slink installed. If I decide I want to install some files from potato,
> namely GNOME, how do I set up dselect/apt to do it? If I point my package
> files at potato instead of slink, it'll upgrade everything, and I really don't
> want to do that. Nor do I want to go through the hassle of putting things I
> don't want to upgrade on hold. Is downloading the .debs separately and
> running dpkg on them my only option?
>
> Oh, and I just (stupidly) deleted the msg on GNOME 1.0 debs (with the apt
> sources change). Can someone send me a copy?
If it's GNOME that you're interested in, take a look at
"http://www.debian.org/~jim/debian-gtk-gnome/";. You can install it from
the slink staging-area, without the need to worry about pointing apt to
potato. Be sure to read the information at the site first, tho.
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