-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 04 December 2002 18:50, Colm G. Connolly wrote: > So how do I install the kde version from ftp.kde.org and not the > version from my local debian mirror?
You can see what priorities are given to your various sources by using: apt-cache policy kdebase The default prioirty is 500 - this output will also tell you what version will be installed if you issue apt-get install kdebase. You can override/set these priorities using apt_preferences(5). The manpage is worth a read, as is the APT HOWTO (google for it), which descibes this in more detail. Suffice to say, the following will give the kde.org source a priority of 950, which means that it will be the preferred source for (any) debs, unless you specify the Debian version using package=version, package/distro or -t distro. See the apt-get(8) for more information on these options. So, the file you should create is /etc/apt/preferences, and it should contain: Package: * Pin: origin ftp.kde.org Pin-Priority: 950 (where ftp.kde.org is the mirror you use in /etc/apt/sources.list - you use ftp.kde.org according to your mail) You might also consider adding a default line for whatever version of Debian you have installed (stable/testing/unstable). ie: Package: * Pin: release stable Pin-Priority: 900 (note that the kde.org packages will still have priority over Debians Woody packages) Once you have created the file /etc/apt/preferences, you can use apt-cache policy kdebase again to see what versions are available, and which will be installed. Regards, Paul Cupis - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE97ly0IzuKV+SHX/kRAlL3AJwNKP4UvVhNyE//gagaVR2VHIE6wACcC7ao iowCsGub5jkZZedstY8qkP4= =gW94 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
