Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
Hi, When I first logon I get a message telling me the version of xf86 has inherant probs and I should change to an older version. Is this possible using apt? Thanks GS.
obviously ;-)
man apt-get says in the install section:
[...]
"install
install is followed by one or more packages desired for instal-
lation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6
would be the argument provided, not libc6_1.9.6-2.deb) All pack-
ages required by the package(s) specified for installation will
also be retrieved and installed. The /etc/apt/sources.list file
is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended
to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified
package will be removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus
sign can be used to designate a package to install. These latter
features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's
conflict resolution system.
A specific version of a package can be selected for installation
by following the package name with an equals and the version of
the package to select. This will cause that version to be locat-
ed and selected for install. Alternatively a specific distribu-
tion can be selected by following the package name with a slash
and the version of the distribution or the Archive name (stable,
testing, unstable).
Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages
and must be used with care.
Finally, the apt_preferences(5) mechanism allows you to create
an alternative installation policy for individual packages.
[...]
hth, Joel
