Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done > because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother. > It i scommon with libraries.... > The problem is normally when you install a new version of a package the > old version is removed...this would break anything using the old version > so this allows you to install both versions > (ie. libc5 and libc6 etc)
Yes, but newt0.21 and newt0.25 can't both be installed at the same time! I chose to remove newt0.21 and install newt0.25 (using apt), and it worked for me :^) /Teddy > -Steve > > -- > /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ > E-mail "Bumper Stickers": > "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" > "honk if you Love Linux" > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe > [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
