Running gnome2/unstable in testing
Hi,
I'm running testing with gnome 1.4, but would like to try out gnome2.
Has anybody installed gnome2 from unstable in testing?
Does it work?
Will it nuke my preferences?
Anything particular to look out for?
Can I install it on my wife's computer without making her hysterical? :-)
She is used to gnome1.4.
I do have the occasional package from unstable installed via pinning.
Here's the output from "apt-get -s -t unstable install gnome-core",
which seems to indicate that with a few exceptions only gnome related
packages need to be upgraded/installed.
BTW, is gnome-core the right top-level package to use?
root@segesta 5000 # apt-get -s -t unstable install gnome-core
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
acme aspell aspell-bin aspell-en bonobo-activation cupsys docbook
docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl eog file-roller gconf2 gedit gnome-applets
gnome-control-center gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools
gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-panel gnome-panel-data
gnome-session gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-terminal
gnome-themes gnome-themes-common gnome-utils gnome2-user-guide
gs-esp gstreamer-audiofile gstreamer-core gstreamer-core-libs
gstreamer-gconf gstreamer-misc gstreamer-plugin-apps
gstreamer-plugin-libs gstreamer-runtime gstreamer-tools
gstreamer-vorbis gtk2-engines-crux gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue
gtk2-engines-pixbuf gtk2-engines-redmond95 gtk2-engines-thinice jade
libaspell15 libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common
libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcupsimage2 libcupsys2
libeel2-2 libeel2-data libfam0c102 libgail-common libgail17 libgal23
libgcc1 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1 libgimpprint1 libglade2-0
libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0
libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls5
libgstreamer0.6-0 libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1
libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2 libopencdk4 liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0
librsvg2-2 libsp1 libstartup-notification0 libstdc++5 libtasn1-0
libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 libvte-common libvte4
libwnck-common libwnck4 metacity nautilus nautilus-data
nautilus-media yelp
The following packages will be REMOVED:
aspell-da gaspell gnome-help libaspell10 libfam0 libpspell-ispell1
libpspell4 libvorbis0 mplayer mplayer-fonts mplayer-skins
The following NEW packages will be installed:
acme aspell-bin bonobo-activation docbook docbook-dsssl docbook-xsl
file-roller gconf2 gnome-desktop-data gnome-doc-tools
gnome-icon-theme gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes
gnome-themes-common gnome2-user-guide gstreamer-audiofile
gstreamer-core gstreamer-core-libs gstreamer-gconf gstreamer-misc
gstreamer-plugin-apps gstreamer-plugin-libs gstreamer-runtime
gstreamer-tools gstreamer-vorbis gtk2-engines-crux
gtk2-engines-lighthouseblue gtk2-engines-pixbuf
gtk2-engines-redmond95 gtk2-engines-thinice jade libaspell15
libbonobo-activation4 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0
libbonoboui2-common libcupsimage2 libeel2-2 libeel2-data libfam0c102
libgail-common libgail17 libgal23 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt1 libglade2-0
libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data
libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0
libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnutls5
libgstreamer0.6-0 libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop2 liblinc1 liblzo1
libmetacity0 libnautilus2-2 libopencdk4 liborbit2 libpanel-applet2-0
librsvg2-2 libsp1 libstartup-notification0 libtasn1-0 libvorbis0a
libvorbisenc2 libvorbisfile3 libvte-common libvte4 libwnck-common
libwnck4 metacity nautilus-data nautilus-media yelp
21 packages upgraded, 86 newly installed, 11 to remove and 219 not
upgraded.
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René Seindal (rene@seindal.dk) http://sights.seindal.dk/
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