On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 05:18:45PM -0700, darrell wrote: > Is this in potato? > > i am still a debian newbie - havent quite figured out how to tell where > i am getting my packages / package lists and if there are > multiple versions, > ( i ahve edidted the apt-get sources file, but, there > is no clear indication with those urls if i am in testing > stable or what? i wish the apt sources urls had a > clue in them as to what i am getting ) plus i need to > read more docs specific to debian and the stable-testing-release > stuff, it is quite involved as i can see > > i wonder if it is as simple as changing the word stable to testing?
yes run: cat /etc/debian_version A response "3.0" means you are using testing, i.e. woody. Stable is 2.2. If you are using testing and your /etc/apt/sources.list URLs read like the ones below, edit the file and change "stable" to read "woody" > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://download.sourceforge.net/debian stable main contrib non-free > > well, guess they do, i am using stable, i used the woody install > disks, i may have this all wrong now that i think about it, but > i am getting newish versions of some programs ( X, gimp ), well > whatever, i can live with a bit of dependancy wrestling, i dont > think it is too much to expect > > another thing, why are some configs in /var/lib/dpkg and others > in /etc/apt-get, i am willing to bet there are configs for The stuff in /var/lib/dpkg is used by dpkg to keep track of what packages are installed. Configuration files for apt and dpkg are in /etc. man pages will tell you where configuration files are located. > dselect somewhere else too? symlinks would be nice, thankfully > i do have the time to look around, you must too if you are > reading this > > i will try pushing X next time i have dependancy problems in > dselect, i had moderate succes using sed though - brute force > > works sometimes? i was previously hiting /enter / Q / +++-+ / or quiting > but got into some nasty loops > > thanks - i dont know how i missed the X, duh - well i tried X and it > still wants me to unistall half my software, i dont think so!!! > > darrell > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Jerome
