Re: Trouble with X Windows
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
>
> >Howard Mann wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
> >Joe Block wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Sure. However, the user may not wish ( for whatever reason) to upgrade
> the other packages on his system, and stipulating only one URI in this
> case will speed-up the upgrade process.
I hadn't thought of that. The first thing I do on a new system is fix
the sources.list and upgrade everything anyway - between bug fixes and
security updates, it is the right thing to do. I'll admit it might be a
bit painful over a dialup line though.
jpb
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