Re: Trouble with X Windows

[Joe Block <jpb@creol.ucf.edu>]

Howard Mann wrote:
> 
> Michael Jessop wrote:
> >
> > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific package
> > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do I
> > tell it where to look for the package(s)?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Mike
> 
> Try this :
> 
> 0   edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI:
> 
>     deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main
> 
> 0    "comment-out" the other URI's in that file.

You don't need to comment out the other URIs.  apt is smart enough to
use the highest version number for any given package, so the
xfree-update packages will override the stock slink stuff.

> 0   apt-get update
> 
> 0   apt-get upgrade
> 
> 0   apt-get clean
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Howard Mann                   Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO
> http://www.newbielinux.com    http://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html
> 
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