Re: Installing X on woody

[dmmcf@uiuc.edu (D. Michael McFarland)]

"Jamin W. Collins" <jcollins@asgardsrealm.net> writes:

>  However, it may be helpful to install the "base-config" from unstable and
> then run it manually to finish the installation. This can be done rather
> easily by configuring a "sources.list" file listing both the testing and
> unstable sources, then configuring a default release version for your
> system such as:
>
> -- /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10default 
> APT::Default-Release "testing";
>
> then udpate your package list and pull the "base-config" package from
> unstable
>
> dselect update 
> apt-get install base-config/unstable

Sure enough, this works.  Thank you.

Best regards,
Michael


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