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Re: Upgrading X (without buggering up desalect?)



You could simply download potato debian packages for x and install them
using dpkg: dpkg -i <package>, however you might have to install more
potato packages, because of dependencies with versions.

Ron Rademaker

On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Martin Waller wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a nice new 8MB Savage4 Pro. XFree 3.3.2 does not support it - I need 
> a newer version of X.  Seems Debian's getting a bit behind the times of late 
> (? - well over a year since the last full release!) and there's no deb 
> packages for newer X (for slink (2.1), that is, current stable).
> 
> So, does this mean I have to upgrade X manually, and if so, will this screw 
> up dselect?
> 
> Hints appreciated, before I resort to other distros!
> 
> Martin
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