Just bypass the whole package manager, download the source, compile and install. This way when you decide to upgrade you won't have to worry about qt-kde getting broken unless some of their support libraries change. And even if that does happen, it would just mean that you would need to recompile & install.
Sean Terry Hancock wrote: > Hi, > I've installed the "Hamm" (=2.0) distribution of Debian Linux from CD, > and I intended from the > start to install KDE as quickly as I could, but Debian has since gone to > "Slink" (=2.1). > > On the Hamm CDs, the "Qt" library required by KDE is not included for > licensing reasons. > However, the Troll Tech website claims the newer versions of Qt are > "free" software, > apparently resolving previous licensing conflicts. (?) > > The Qt library debian package _is_ on the FTP site, but unfortunately, > when I try to update > the package from there using dselect, I get a cascade of dependencies -- > basically dselect > wants to upgrade my whole system to the Slink distribution. This would > be okay, except for > the downtime. > > I'd prefer to get the "Slink" CDs, but will the Qt library be on them? > > I have little time to work with this computer, and I fear that if I get > Slink, "Potato" will be out > before I get the Qt package, and I'll be back where I started. :) > > Also, can you get dselect to _downgrade_ your packages? I've now got > some kind of > mixture of Hamm and Slink packages on this system, and I'm not sure how > stable that is. I > wish dselect gave you a little more control, but I haven't quite figured > out how to do everything > with dpkg. > > Would appreciate any help at all, thanks! > > Terry Hancock > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
