On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Ajitabh Pandey wrote: > Hi All, > > I have Debian woody 3.0 r2 installed. I am using the > GNOME desktop which comes with this distribution. And > I want to upgrade it to GNOME 2.6 Though I have the > sources for it, but it is really a pain to compile all > the stuff and it is time consuming also. > Can someone tell me from where can I get the debia > package of GNOME 2.6. > > I looked at the testing, it has GNOME 2.4 and the > unstable has GNOME 2.6. Is it OK to use the > testing/unstable package with stable debian. (I can't > afford to do a apt-get dist upgrade on a dialup, too > costly). If yes then what entries should I have in > /etc/apt/sources.list file so that I can upgrade to > GNOME 2.4 or GNOME 2.6. Also after updating the > sources.list file to have the testing and unstable > entries if i just give the command as - > apt-get upgrade gnome > will it work, or still I have to upgrade all the > individual libraries. > > Regards. > Ajitabh Pandey > There are pinning options in apt. try reading the man pages of apt.conf and apt preferences. Pinning might cause problems and even break your system. From experience I'd suggest you to either stick to the current version or create your own packages or look on the web for an apt getable gnome 2.6 repository for debian sarge.
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