On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 04:29:03PM +0530, N. Raghavendra wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian Hamm in my computer three months ago. Recently, I > wanted to install a more recent version of the xscreensaver package, and > downloaded xscreensaver_3.10-1.deb from freshmeat.net. Before trying to > install it, I did dpkg --info xscreensaver_3.10-1.deb and got, among other > things, > > "Package: xscreensaver > Version: 3.10-1 > Depends: lesstifg (>= 1:0.85.2), libc6 (>= 2.1), libpam0g, > xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a-2), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0) > Suggests: xdaliclock, xv, xscreensaver-gl, fortune" > > The version of libc6 in my Hamm system is 2.0.7t-1, the version of > lesstifg is 1:0.83-7, and similarly all the other packages on which > xscreensaver depends, are present in my system only in older versions than > those needed by xscreensaver-3.10-1. > > My question is this. Is it possible to download and install the current > versions of only those packages that xscreensaver-3.10-1 needs (i.e., > lesstifg, libc6 etc.), without upgrading the entire system to Slink? > Actually, from the looks of it, you would be upgrading your system to potato, because it has libc6 2.1.
I think what you are trying to do is a bad idea because you will end up downloading 10-20 packages. For example, lesstif0g depends on xlib6g >= 3.3-5, which is probably more recent that your X servers so you might end up upgrading half of X windows. libc6 2.1 will similarly grab new versions of bash, and sysvint, and locales. A better idea would be to download the source code to xscreensaver from a debian mirror (the .dsc file, .tar.gz file, and the .diff.gz file), then get lesstifg-dev, xpm4g-dev, libc6-dev, xlib6g-dev, and libpam0g-dev from the same place you got hamm. Put the source to xscreensaver in /usr/local/src Run dpkg-source -x "name of xscreensaver dsc file" then cd into xscreensaver-3.10 directory and run debian/rules binary. Hopefully, it will generate an xscreensaver package built against the libraries on your system. -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
