On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 07:09:44AM -0400, Joe Biron wrote: > Uh boy. So how to I rectify this? I do have several packages that are > not installing correctly, such as libgnomeprint-data and other packages > that are in its depends tree.
You can remove all the Ximian-gnome packages. It may be a pain, but it can be done. Remove any packages that do not install correctly. If I remember correctly, Ximian gives its libraries names that include "xim" or "ximian". Well, it's easy to see that they didn't come from the official Debian package. > > Should I remove the Ximian sources from my sources.list and then > "apt-get remove" each gnome package? If I do a dist-upgrade after that, > will I get the Woody-compatible gnome? Remove Ximian sources from the list, though this won't affect removal of the Ximian packages. When you are ready to do a Woody upgrade, you should only have Woody sources in your list. Then you must first upgrade apt-get and dpkg before doing a dist-upgrade. After woody is installed, you can download the gnome packages. If you are a Linux newbie, patience is your best friend. Just keep in mind, that there's plenty of documentation out there to help you through your upgrade troubles. -Andy > > Thanks, > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anand S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 12:47 AM > > To: Joe Biron > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: potato or woody or testing or arrgghghg > > > > > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:37:45PM -0400, Joe Biron wrote: > > > Could someone point a newbie to an explanation of the > > Debian release > > > universe? A friend explained it to me as "Woody is the > > newest... you > > > want Woody". Well, is Potato then the "stable" and Woody the > > > "testing"? My \etc\apt\sources.list is > > > > > > #deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > > > #deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US > > main contrib > > > non-free #deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates > > main contrib > > > non-free #deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/non-US stable > > main contrib > > > non-free > > > > > > # Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work > > #deb-src > > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib > > non-free #deb-src > > > http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > > > > > # added for Ximian gnome > > > deb http://red-carpet.ximian.com/debian stable main > > > > > > # added for woody update > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib > > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US > > main contrib > > > non-free > > > > > > Now, I'm not just a Debian newbie, I'm sort of a Linux > > intermediabie, > > > and as I edited sources.list, I had no clue as to what I was doing, > > > but nevertheless, I seem to have the latest versions of > > Debian (3.0?) > > > and GNOME, after hours of playing with apt-get. So I'm > > happy for now, > > > but I need some background. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > Don't use Ximian gnome with woody. Ximian gnome was designed > > to work with potato, not woody. Since you are using MS > > Outlook Express, a similar analogy in the Windows world would > > be downloading software for windows 95 and expecting it to > > work perfectly with windows 98. It may not happen in all cases. > > > > Debian has it's own gnome packages, and you should use those. > > Ximian gnome is postively disastrous for a Woody system. > > > > Hope this helps, > > Andy > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
