Re: XFree86 4.0
hi martin,
if i don't upgrade to woody, would it be better to do this from source
packages?
i'm wondering if X will be linked against woody libraries...
thanks!
pete
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Martin Fluch wrote:
> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:20:00 +0200 (EET)
> From: Martin Fluch <fluch@rock.helsinki.fi>
> To: Peter Jay Salzman <p@belial.ucdavis.edu>
> Cc: Debian user mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0
>
> Hi!
>
> I think you want to stick to the package system.
>
> If you use apt-get, change the /etc/apt/sources.list so that it points to
> unstable, then make an
>
> apt-get update
>
> then a
>
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86
>
> (this will update not all of your system, but only the part needed by the
> dependencies)
>
> Then fidle around until you get it running, you might need to update some
> other X related packages.
>
> Afterwards restor the old sources.list and make an
>
> apt-get update
>
> again to get the old package informations back.
>
> This should be easier than tarballs...
>
> Martin
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
>
> > I'd like to upgrade to XFree86 4.0. The way I see it, there's 2 options:
> >
> > 1- package
> > 2- tarball
> >
> > I'm running Potato, and don't really want to upgrade to Woody. Based on
> > that alone, I think tarball is my only option, but I want to make sure of
> > that.
> >
> > Which is the better way for me to upgrade X?
>
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