On Sunday 19 October 2003 14:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Eric Walstad wrote: [...] > >I'm not really interested in installing Knoppix, just how to get > > similar application versions with a Debian installation. > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list and duplicate your stable lines (except > for the security line) _above_ (for priority's sake) those lines. > Change the new lines to "unstable" where it currently says "stable" > or "woody". (You're leaving the stable lines in so you can get > packages that haven't seen any development since stable and therefore > aren't in the unstable branch, and you're leaving in the security > line to get security patches, which are applied to stable when > problems are found but not necessarily incorporated immediately into > the unstable packages). > > Then "apt-get update", followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade". > > (This is assuming you're pulling from the net; otherwise you'll have > to get a repository of unstable on CD or on a local drive, etc). > > Then you can install most of what's in Knoppix, if it's not already > installed/updated by the previous steps, but "apt-get install foo", > where "foo" is the package for whatever you want to install, like: > apt-get install openoffice.org > apt-get install mozilla mozilla-firebird > apt-get install xawtv > etc.
Thanks Kent and others for your help. I had a bit of trouble with the upgrade from woody to sid as KDE disappeared in the process and I'm not nearly as productive on gnome or command line. But, I stumbled across the debian-kde wiki page: <http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianKDE> which explains how to install libsensors-1debian1 and other minor KDE hurdles. Using the tips on this page I was able to get KDE installed. All appears to be in good working order again and with up-to-date packages. Just what I was looking for. Thanks again for your help in pointing me in the right direction. Let-the-Debian-learning-continue-ly yours, Eric. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
