Re: apt-get GDM

2004-08-23 Thread Jules Dubois
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:18:47 +, Craig Dunn wrote: > Hi, > > I'v recently installed Debian on my system. The current version of GDM > that I have is 2.2 and I would like to upgrade it to 2.4. Do you mean GNOME? GDM is just a sort of X-Window login program. > The trouble is I only have a d

Re: apt-get GDM

2004-08-21 Thread Nicholas Lativy
On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 08:18:47PM +, Craig Dunn wrote: > Is it possible to tell apt-get to download all of the necessary deb files > first and then perform the installation only when it has what it needs? Yes, apt-get has the "--download-only" option for this. From 'man apt-get': -d, --

Re: apt-get GDM

2004-08-21 Thread Amir Tal
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives besides, even if it dies half way, apt will know how to continue from where is stopped according to the files in /var/cache/apt/archives. = Best Regards,Amir Tal Whatsup, Hebrew linux portal. http://

apt-get GDM

2004-08-21 Thread Craig Dunn
Hi, I'v recently installed Debian on my system. The current version of GDM that I have is 2.2 and I would like to upgrade it to 2.4. I understand that I can use apt-get to do this. The trouble is I only have a dialup Internet connection, which gets cut off after 2 hours. And I'm guessing tha