Re: Upgrade to XFCE 4.2 now?
On (15/05/05 13:45), Angelina Carlton wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 04:14:04PM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote:
>
> > Is there any means for telling apt that it should ignore the XFCE
> > packages in the official repo and just use the ones from os-works?
> > I don't want to break the deps.
> >
>
> create if you dont already have one, /etc/apt/prefrences with these lines:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: origin www.os-works.com
> Pin-Priority: 999
>
> Remove your debian packages, add the OS-Works sources: (testing if you
> use sarge)
>
> #xfce4 from oscillation
> deb http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main
> deb-src http://www.os-works.com/debian unstable main
>
> apt-get update
> and then install xfce4 again, this time you will get the os-works
> version
>
> Other than keeping an eye on the xfce4 mailing list for anything that
> might change or affect this setup it has been trouble free for as long
> as I have been using it.
Hi Matthias
xfce4.2 is in experimental (not sid) and I believe the debian maintainer
would like you to test it. He asked me when I posted something about
using the oscillation packages; however, I'm running amd64 which doesn't
have an experimental release.
Using an alternative source and making sure you get the corresponding
packages: I just put the sources in after the debian mirror lines and
'aptitude update' collected the latest packages.
Regards
Clive
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