Thank you! :) --- Andrew 'ashridah' Pilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2001-09-06 at 10:25, tluxt wrote: > > debian:/var/cache/apt# apt-get install x-window-system > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > E: Couldn't find package x-window-system > okay. i wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if this package isn't in > woody yet. basically, it was introduced to sid(unstable) less than a > week or so ago,
How did you come to know that? (I'm trying to find out how I might, on my own, come to know such things.) > and quite possibly hasn't been selected for insertion > into woody yet. > you may have to wait a week. that said, i can give you the list of > packages it depends on, which installs x. > > > lbxproxy, libdps1-dbg, libdps-dev, libxaw7-dbg, libxaw7-dev, proxymngr, > twm, xfs, xfwp, xlibmesa3-dbg, xlibmesa-dev, xlibosmesa3-dbg, > xlibosmesa-dev, xlibs-dbg, xlibs-dev, xnest, xprt, xspecs, xterm, xvfb > > and there's also x-window-system-core which it depends on, which has > > xserver-xfree86, xlibmesa3, xfonts-base, xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi, > xfonts-scalable, xbase-clients, xutils > > get all these packages in one hit, and you'll be set How did you find out the above? > anyway. in the meantime, since woody isn't really a usable system (use > sid if you want to be closer to development, honestly. until it freezes, > woody will be odd) Hmm. Perhaps I'll risk giving unstable a try. Thanks. :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com
