Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Russell Shaw wrote:
> Jon Haugsand wrote:
...
> > E: Sorry, broken packages
>
>
> I think by setting up apt-get "pinning" or something, these dependancies
> can be downloaded and installed automatically. However, i haven't figured
> that out, so i resolve these problems manually (it doesn't happen very
> often). Some of these errors may go away if you put this in apt.conf:
>
> APT::Default-Release "testing";
> APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;

Also, put an official "testing" source into sources.list too.

> apt-get update
> apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 
> xlibs
>
> Just handle the problems one at a time:
>
> apt-get install -t testing cpp-3.2
>
> If it depends on something else, then install that too.
>
> apt-get install -t testing libfontconfig1
> ...
> apt-get install -t testing libfreetype6
>
> Then try again:
>
>   apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients 
> xserver-xfree86 xlibs