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Re: going from XFCE to Gnome?



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On 10/19/07 21:40, andreas.ronnquist@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I'm on an etch box running XFCE, and now I would like to play with Gnome
> some (after a long pause from it). Trying to install
> gnome-desktop-environment (or other packages pulling in gnome) using
> aptitude I run into some unmet dependencies and clashes gamin->fam. Is
> there a smooth way around this on an Etch machine?
> 
> ------------------8<----------------------------------
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   gamin: Conflicts: fam but 2.7.0-12 is to be installed.
> Resolving dependencies...
> The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
> 
> Keep the following packages at their current version:
> fam [Not Installed]
> 
> Leave the following dependencies unresolved:
> gnome-desktop-environment recommends fam
> nautilus recommends fam

What's the current fam version in Etch?

Can you tell aptitude NOT to install Recommends packages?  Or you
could pre-install fam.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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