Re: AGHHHH! I ruined Linux!

[Konrad Mierendorff <mierendorff@gmx.net>]

Bradley Bell wrote:
> I would try this:
> make sure you have frozen (potato) in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian frozen main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US frozen/non-US main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US frozen/non-US main contrib non-free
> 
> then:
> apt-get update
> apt-get -f install libc6
> 
> you should then have a working system, and you can:
> apt-get install libgtk1.2-dev

You could also try to restore your old state and install the gtklibs
from Vincent.
(http://www.debian.org/~vincent/)

I've never done this and I think it's kinda hard to downgrade the libc
but it should be possible.

- Konrad