Re: Installing xfce 4.6 on Lenny
Some weeks ago I installed XFCE 4.6 on many Lenny boxes and documented
the installation in a howto I have published in my wiki:
http://debian.asconix.com/xfce-debian-lenny-howto
Following step-by-step results in a clean and properly working XFCE
4.6 installation.
Greets,
Chris
Magnus Pedersen wrote:
> Matteo Riva wrote:
>> Hello everybody. I have been using Debian for a while, I had an
old
>> system which went through many dist upgrades and I always played
with
>> testing and unstable stuff, even before I actually knew what I was
>> doing.
>>
>> Now since I'm running a fresh and "clean" Lenny install I'm here
>> to ask what is the correct way to handle packages from the testing
>> branch, in case I want to use a newer version of some software
(namely
>> xfce in this specific case).
>>
>> Do I have to do a full dist-upgrade or can I just mix packages from
>> stable and testing branches?
>>
>> Any input appreciated, thanks.
>>
>>
> I wouldn't mix stable and testing, get XFCE from backports if it is
> available or run testing.
>
> YMMV
>
> /Magnus
>
>
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