Re: xv (graphics package)
Hello
* On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:57:56PM -0500, Jerry_Bash@spectral-sys.com (Jerry_Bash@spectral-sys.com) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I seem to recall that the xv package (graphics viewer / editor) by John
> Bradley was formerly included in an earlier distribution (potato, maybe?).
> It doesn't seem to be in the current distributions. Does anyone know if
> it is available any longer as a debian package? Maybe I'm not looking in
> the right place.
>
> Thanks
> Jerry
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jerry Bash
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>
xv is no longer in Debian, but it was once upon a time in slink
non-free. This means you can still get it and install it in a
Debian way. What you do is put the sources list for the slink
archive in /etc/apt/sources.list with these lines
# Slink (2.1)
deb ftp://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ slink contrib main non-free
deb-src ftp://archive.debian.org/debian-archive/ slink contrib main non-free
Then you pin slink to a low number so that a package only gets
installed from Slink if it is in no newer version of Debian. Here
are the contents of my /etc/apt/preferences file which runs stable
(Woody) but straddles all of Debian from Hamm through to Sid.
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-priority: 80
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-priority: 90
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release v=2.2*
Pin-priority: 50
Package: *
Pin: release v=2.1*
Pin-priority: 40
Package: *
Pin: release v=2.0*
Pin-priority: 30
At this point, after you run an update you find that the
packages xv and xv-doc are available and can be installed.
I have these packages running here and this is the status output:
apt-cache policy xv
xv:
Installed: 3.10a-20
Candidate: 3.10a-20
Version Table:
*** 3.10a-20 0
500 ftp://archive.debian.org slink/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.10a-16 0
500 ftp://archive.debian.org hamm/non-free Packages
apt-cache policy xv-doc
xv-doc:
Installed: 3.10a-25
Candidate: 3.10a-25
Version Table:
*** 3.10a-25 0
500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.10a-20 0
500 ftp://archive.debian.org slink/non-free Packages
The main catch I have come across so far is that when you
run dselect, you have to be watchful when you select
packages to check where they are coming from. You probably
wouldnt want to install a base package that comes from
Hamm into a stable Woody system.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Hugo
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