Hi, I'm trying to run gnomemeeting(version greater than 0.12) and Debian KDE at the same time, but when I try to upgrade gnomemeeting (I only find upgrades from USA/unstable), I get (from apt-get install) a message saying that in order to do this, it has to get rid of KDE. (I'm running the 2.4.18 Linux kernel with Debian, and my /etc/apt/sources.list started with only stable but now I have done a 'dist-upgrade' to testing).
I am using the 'apt-get' instructions from http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html (section 3.8) for a mixed system... so now my /etc/apt/sources.list has a source for unstable debian packages. (I need the unstable for gnomemeeting.) I had thought that using 'apt-get -t unstable install gnomemeeting' should pull all necessary packages that would need to be upgraded (including KDE)...however instead KDE would be removed, when I try this command. If someone could please clarify the problem for me, I would appreciate it. (I am not using apt pinning, instead I am attempting to maintain a mixed system.) According to the debian bug-fix maintainer for gnomemeeting, I definitely should be able to use gnomemeeting 0.96 with KDE 3.1.... I don't want to bother him anymore with my questions, especially since he directed that I should ask any further questions of this email list (and previously, the gnomemeeting mailing list, actually the gnomemeeting author himself, had directed me to take my question to Jose Carlos). Thank you for any clarification, Lori ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 21:45:51 +0100 From: Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Lori Flynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: gnomemeeting 0.96 bug On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 09:58:09AM -0800, Lori Flynn wrote: > Hi Jose Carlos, > > I'm sorry for bothering you. I asked on the gnomemeeting webpage and the > gnomemeeting author wrote me, as below, and Damien Sandras said to report > my problem as a bug. <snip> As I see you're trying to get gnomemeeting from unstable, but using KDE from stable at the same time. For doing that, you need to use apt pinning [1] but as we're doing a gcc transition in unstable, which means ABI changes, you can face some nasty errors when doing this (mostly in KDE as it's a C++ program, which are affected by ABI changes) If you want to move to unstable you have to issue some commands [2] before installing gnomemeeting. I'm sure you'll face some minor problem, because upgrading from stable to unstable is not tested. For more info about how to do this, you should write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you find another problem, please, let me know. [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-pin and man apt.conf [2] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-dist-upgrade __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
