I just want to upgrade autoconf and automake, ive got autoconf 1.4 and need 1.6. I dont want to break the packageing system so id like to upgrade via apt(well dselect but same backend) but i only want these packages and any that they require i dont want to complety upgrade everything though.
I also want to upgrade to kde3.1 any1 know if its stable or what line i should add to /etc/apt/sources.list and where? Above all others or below them.
Sorry for all the questions and thankx for any help i get =) Dennis Dryden
NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- wrote:
I just want to upgrade autoconf and automake, ive got autoconf 1.4 and need 1.6. I dont want to break the packageing system so id like to upgrade via apt(well dselect but same backend) but i only want these packages and any that they require i dont want to complety upgrade everything though.
I also want to upgrade to kde3.1 any1 know if its stable or what line i should add to /etc/apt/sources.list and where? Above all others or below them.
Sorry for all the questions and thankx for any help i get =) Dennis Dryden
You can look at the apt how-to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-ver... to see how to mix packages, and read below it for information on "pinning" (which didn't work for me BTW, but I didn't try too hard) :)
Anyhow I have been told that I am doing a talk on Debian and Apt soon at the UEA, hopefully If I get this together soon it may be on the 23rd of Feb (maybe not, I have yet another job interview so may be moving house twice in the next week, and have an Open Uni course that I still havn't started) hopefully that doc will help you anyhow. I would try and be more helpful but I don't have access to a Debian box right now to tell you exactly what I did.
As for KDE 3.1 packages there are some apt sources listed here http://www.apt-get.org/ and also package sources for lots of other interesting things that you may want/need.
Adam
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 02:27:27PM +0000, Adam Bower wrote:
NuTTeR -- Not Entered -- wrote:
I just want to upgrade autoconf and automake, ive got autoconf 1.4 and need 1.6. I dont want to break the packageing system so id like to upgrade via apt(well dselect but same backend) but i only want these packages and any that they require i dont want to complety upgrade everything though.
You can look at the apt how-to http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version to see how to mix packages, and read below it for information on "pinning" (which didn't work for me BTW, but I didn't try too hard) :)
I got this to work, I think. Here's my /etc/apt/preferences:
X-comment: ============================ Track testing as default Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 800
X-comment: ============================ Make unstable available all the time Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 70
Then use `apt-get install autoconf=1.6`. The main other useful syntax is autoconf/unstable.
Note I don't really understand the above. Pin-Priority's have lots of significant cutoff points and I'm not even convinced that a higher priority always means the package is more likely to be used (although of course otherwise would be insane).
Alexis
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