Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I need a few packages which are not in potato, but are in woody. > > Can I do a selective update to get these packages only?
Yes you can. > > OR, if I add woody to the sources.list will dselect, or apt-get, > automatically try to get everything that is new; that is what happened to > me last time I think. You should add woody to the sources.list then run # dselect update # apt-get install a-woody-package-you-want-to-install another [...] This will only install the woody packages you need plus the packages they depend on. That might be quite a lot of packages but that will not try to get everything that is new. Chris > > Thanks, > > Gregory Guthrie > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory Guthrie > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (641)472-1125 Fax: -1103 > -------------------------------------------------------- -- "Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter." - Joseph Addison
