Re: apt question
> What I am trying to do is install the latest version of the sawfish
> window manager. It resides in the unstable section. The problem is
> that I want to install only what is required from the unstable base. I
> tried pressing "R" and "D" so that only the packages I selected would be
> installed, but I got a ton of dependencies.
You have two options:
1) apt-get update ; apt-get --show-upgraded install sawfish;
assuming that /etc/apt/sources.list points to unstable.
This will show you which packages will be upgraded, but I suspect
there will be many of them ...
2) Try compiling the unstable package for stable base:
cd /usr/src (or /usr/local/src)
apt-get update ; apt-get --compile source sawfish
assuming that /etc/apt/sources.list contains deb-src entries for unstable.
However, this might require that you first compile some other packages
from unstable before sawfish compiles. Have a look at Built-Depends
in /usr/src/PKG/debian/control.
-Igor Mozetic
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