On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 11:20:12AM -0400, Jonathan J. Lupa wrote: > Question: So how do I, running from a slink CD, get and install potato's apt? > > If I add entries for 'unstable' in /etc/apt/sources.list, and then go into > dselect, it wants to upgrade my world to potato. > > Of course, I can always just go download the deb and run dpkg on it, but is > there a better way?
The problem with using dpkg is that you may not satisfy the dependencies. This looks more cumbersome than it really is, but should work: 1. Add the unstable entry to /etc/apt/sources.list 2, Run 'apt-get update' 3. Run 'apt-get install <packagename>' 4. Comment out the unstable entry in sources.list 5. Run 'apt-get update' Bob -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
