From: "Sharninder" <sharninder@nimcal.ac.in>
Reply-To: sharninder@nimcal.ac.in
To: <fraser@wehave.net>
CC: <sharninder@nimcal.ac.in>, <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Upgrade to KDE 3.1
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:48:17 +0530 (IST)
>
> What I would usually do (and there may be a better way) is on the
> new PC I would add the appropriate URL to /etc/apt/sources.list
> for retreiving the debs and then run an "apt-get update" to make
> the computer aware of the available updates.
>
> Next I would copy all of the debs to /var/cache/apt/archives on
> the new PC and simply run "apt-get dist-upgrade". This way you
> can use apt to solve any dependency issues for you but still use
> the pre-downloaded files.
i have somehow managed to put the right entry in sources.list now
and ran an apt-get update.Now, when I give a apt-get install kde it gives
me an error
mentioning at least a hundred dependencies !! which packages do
install to install and run kde ...
Sharninder Singh
National Institute Of Management, Calcutta
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'M.C.S.E - Minesweeper Consultant & Solitaire Expert'
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