John Lowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> During my installation a couple of weeks ago, after having chosen to |> install packages from "testing", I installed fluxbox as my window |> manager and got a very recent version, 0.9.9. There are a number of |> differences between this iteration of fluxbox and the earlier one, |> 0.1.14, of course. Frankly, I prefer the way flux renders the |> particular style I've chosen in the 0.1.14 version and would like to |> install it but I've been cautioned not to mix packages from the |> various Debian versions. Can anything be done to accomodate this |> desire short of reinstallation and choosing "stable"? If so, what?
The ability to downgrade a specific package is not officially supported[1], but you can always download the deb file from the stable archive and install it manually with dpkg -i . This will be feasible or not, I suppose, depending on how complex the dependency-structure for the package is. Just trying it will probably quickly give you a sense of how tedious or dangerous it might be to manually install all the dependencies. I run mixed systems and have had no problems in general. In fact the ability to fine-tune a system to one's needs in this way, is one of the features of recent Debian that I really value, Jim [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html Section 6.2.5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
