On Wednesday 05 March 2003 08:05, Sharninder wrote: > I have been using kde 2.2 which comes with woody since a long time > now. But recently i downloaded all the 250 MBs of backported debian > packages of KDE 3.1 from ftp.kde.org. And i have them on a comp. > somewhere on my network. Now, i want to upgrade my personal desktop > to kde 3.1. I downloaded all the files from the kde server to my > server and have ftp access to it. What line do i insert in my > sources.list to apt-get update and install the kde update on all the > desktops from the server itself. And what command should i give to > update everything.I have downloaded the whole /pub/kde/stable/* > hierarchy from kde's servers
What I would usually do (and there may be a better way) is on the new PC I would add the appropriate URL to /etc/apt/sources.list for retreiving the debs and then run an "apt-get update" to make the computer aware of the available updates. Next I would copy all of the debs to /var/cache/apt/archives on the new PC and simply run "apt-get dist-upgrade". This way you can use apt to solve any dependency issues for you but still use the pre-downloaded files. If you want to set up your server as an apt source then I'm sure that can be done as well (I'm just not sure how). -- Fraser Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://wehave.net/ Brampton, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
