>> A brief howto: > > > > + Add "unstable" lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > + Create a /etc/apt/preferences file that favours "testing", e.g. > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=testing > > Pin-Priority: 777 > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=unstable > > Pin-Priority: 333 > > > > + "apt-get -t unstable install kde" > > > > Note that the resulting system would be considered, er, unstable. > > > > -- > > cheers, Mike > > Thank you for your very prompt reply! snip > Until that happens, is it possible to not do a full upgrade to unstable, > and still run the KDE 2.2 debs? (Is that what your suggestion here > accomplishes? Or, will your procedure upgrade any packages installed on > the system to any such named packages in unstable?) snip
I am not up to speed on the 'pin' methodology, but here is what I did. On a Debian Testing sytem I replace all instances of 'testing' in my 'etc/apt/sources.list' with 'unstable'. Then 'apt-get update' to refresh the package list. I installed each KDE2.2 package individually, i.e.' apt-get install kdebase konqueror kedit kdebase-crypto etc...' KDE2.2 is a very nice setup :) Peace -- Greg Madden
