Lo, on Friday, December 22, Rob VanFleet did write: > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:35:28PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote: > > > Is there a way to track the unstable branch for only certain > > > packages? I'd like to install the unstable version of gnucash. > > Is gnucash_1.4.8 new enough for you?
That'd be just fine, thanks. I'll take anything in the 1.4 series; potato is still at 1.3.4. > If so, just install Helix Gnome from http://www.helixcode.com/. Running > Potato, Helix is the best way to get new Gnome/GTK packages. I've been somewhat reluctant to do this until now, primarily because I've only just switched to Debian (from RedHat), and I'm still learning my way around the system. During this process, I don't want to complicate things with additional large packages. However, many of the gnome apps look very intriguing. Does the Helix installer use the Debian package system, or are they completely independent, or somewhere in between? I've already installed several .debs that appear to be included with Helix, like XMMS and the GIMP. Would I need to uninstall those first using apt-get? Also, while many of the Gnome apps are pretty cool, I don't much like the desktop. I'd prefer to stay with my plain old FVWM. Is this relatively easy after a Helix install? (I'm certainly not afraid of editing .xsession and the like.) (I took a quick look around www.helixcode.com, but they don't seem to address these issues.) Thanks for the suggestion! Richard
