Re: apt-get testing & stable questions

2004-06-11 Thread Adam Aube
James W. Thompson, II wrote: > can I get only certain packages from testing while leaving the rest of > my system on the stable chain without messing too much stuff up and do > it automatically through apt-get? Depends on what you get, though it will be very easy to make a mess of your system. I

apt-get testing & stable questions

2004-06-11 Thread James W. Thompson, II
I have what might be a stupid question... can I get only certain packages from testing while leaving the rest of my system on the stable chain without messing too much stuff up and do it automatically through apt-get? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: apt-get testing HELP please

2004-01-12 Thread Mac McCaskie
Would this routine also "downgrade" from unstable to testing? thanks user list wrote: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free and you must issue: apt-get update -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: apt-get testing HELP please

2004-01-12 Thread user list
Your sources.list must have testing repositories,i. e. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free and you must issue: apt-get update If you want to use testing as the default release, in apt.conf you should have a line APT::Default-Release "testing"; I hope this helps

apt-get testing HELP please

2004-01-12 Thread Bill Kalebaugh
What do I have to put in sources.list to do an install from testing. The command I want to use is: "apt-get -t testing install nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-source nvidia-kernel-common" Right now I get "E: Couldn't find package nvidia-glx" Thanks Bill K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box

2001-08-02 Thread Mike Kuhar
CTED] -Original Message- From: Andrew Pritchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:33 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box Is there a way you can install a package from the testing branch using apt-get, from a b

Re: apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box

2001-08-02 Thread der.hans
Am 02. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Andrew Pritchard so: > Is there a way you can install a package from the testing branch using > apt-get, from a box which is in every other way 'stable'? I remember > seeing something like this I think on debianplanet - but I can't now find > the reference. Yes. Add wood

apt-get testing package on an otherwise stable box

2001-08-02 Thread Andrew Pritchard
Is there a way you can install a package from the testing branch using apt-get, from a box which is in every other way 'stable'? I remember seeing something like this I think on debianplanet - but I can't now find the reference. Cheers, Andrew Pritchard Whether you think you can, Or whether you

Re: apt-get testing Failure running dpkg-preconfigure

2001-05-16 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > > today I tried to dist-upgrade to testing, but got this error: > > > > Fetched 256MB in 1h37m23s (43.8kB/s) > > > > 98% [Scanning packages]Template parse error near "" at > > /usr/lib

Re: apt-get testing Failure running dpkg-preconfigure

2001-05-15 Thread Joey Hess
Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > today I tried to dist-upgrade to testing, but got this error: > > Fetched 256MB in 1h37m23s (43.8kB/s) > > 98% [Scanning packages]Template parse error near "" at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, chunk 3.

apt-get testing Failure running dpkg-preconfigure

2001-05-15 Thread Jan Ulrich Hasecke
Hi, today I tried to dist-upgrade to testing, but got this error: Fetched 256MB in 1h37m23s (43.8kB/s) 98% [Scanning packages]Template parse error near "" at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DebConf/Template.pm line 102, chunk 3. E: Sub-process /usr/sbin/dpkg-pr

Re: apt-get testing

2001-03-03 Thread Colin Watson
MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >hey, how can i use apt-get to get something like postfix-0.0.20010228-1 >out of testing? i have testing/main and some other testing's in my >sources.list, but > >apt-get --download-only install testing/postfix > >doesn't work, If you've got apt 0.5.0, postfix/t

Re: apt-get testing

2001-03-03 Thread mike polniak
MaD dUCK wrote: > hey, how can i use apt-get to get something like postfix-0.0.20010228-1 > out of testing? i have testing/main and some other testing's in my > sources.list, but > > apt-get --download-only install testing/postfix > > doesn't work, and > > apt-get --download-only install postfix

apt-get testing

2001-03-02 Thread MaD dUCK
hey, how can i use apt-get to get something like postfix-0.0.20010228-1 out of testing? i have testing/main and some other testing's in my sources.list, but apt-get --download-only install testing/postfix doesn't work, and apt-get --download-only install postfix reports that postfix is already