Aniruddha wrote: > Coming from Gentoo I'm trying to understand how I should install older > software versions in testing/unstable. Take for example the ATI drivers. > In Gentoo's portage lots of versions are available. In APT I see only > one. I wonder: > > 1) What happens with older versions? Where do they go?
The newer versions replace the older versions in testing. > 2) How do I install older versions? If you have the .deb files in the cache (/var/cache/apt/archives) then you can try to install the .deb files directly using the "dpkg -i" command. You can also do something like sudo apt-get install package=version if the package is available in the cache (or in some other repository). hth raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ http://malayamaarutham.blogspot.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
