Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-11 Thread Julio Merino
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 11:32:15PM +0200, "Jürgen A. Erhard" wrote: > > "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it > >> would install, without actually installing it, regardless of > >> the vers

Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-10 Thread Jürgen A. Erhard
> "Sean" == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it >> would install, without actually installing it, regardless of >> the version of the existing package if any? Sean> apt-get -s foo bar Sorry, but i

RE: two apt-get questions

2000-09-08 Thread Igor Mozetic
> > 1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say "stable" or "unstable" > > on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? > > > > no, I dont believe so I have several /etc/apt/sources.list.XYZ files with "woody" instead of "potato", or "security.debian.org" instead of

Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-08 Thread Shaul Karl
> 1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say "stable" or "unstable" > on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? > > 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would > install, without actually installing it, regardless of the version of >

RE: two apt-get questions

2000-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Sep-2000 Krzys Majewski wrote: > 1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say "stable" or "unstable" > on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? > no, I dont believe so > 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would > install, wi