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Re: libc6_2.2.5-13 not in stable



[please wrap your lines at something sensible, it makes your messages
much easier to read]

On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:57:43PM +0100, Wanou wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I would like to install avview 0.10.8-1 in order to watch TV with my
> ATI card. I've downloaded the debian package of avview, but when I
> want to install it with 'dpkg -i', there is a dependencie problem :
> 
> 	dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of avview:
> 	avview depends on libc6 (>= 2.2.5-13); however: Version of libc6
> 	on system is 2.2.5-6
> 
> So I should upgrade my version of libc6 to 2.2.5-13 which is included
> in the testing version. Will be an issue due to this upgrade ? How can
> I upgrade libc6 ? (maybe adding a line in sources.list including the
> testing distribution but I don't want to make a mistake doing this).

You can go get the new libc, or you could just recompile the Sarge
package on your machine.  Go read the Debian install docs to find out
about 'apt-get source' and follow the instructions.  It's actually
pretty easy and a whole lot safer than upgrading your C library.

-rob

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