On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Christian Dysthe wrote: > I wanted to install xchat 0.9.4 from unstable on my slink system. When I saw > the > dependencies I got scared off. I need libc6 2.1. I am not a Linux expert (yet) > and afraid I will damage my stable system by trying to do this. > > Advice?
Try getting from ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/source/net xchat_0.9.4-0.1.dsc xchat_0.9.4-0.1.tar.gz xchat_0.9.4-0.diff.gz and compiling yourself. dpkg-source -x xchat_0.9.4-0.1.dsc then in the directory it creates debian/rules binary (as root) cd .. dpkg -i xchat_0.9.4-0.1.deb HTH -Dano
