Thanks guys, I'll try those ideas (below). One thing I've found useful is to force certain versions of packages to install. eg when you try to install package foo, it'll give an error similar to:
package foo requires bar1.3, but bar1.2 is available I then do apt-get install bar=1.2 (notice equals) to force bar1.2 to install. This usually causes further dependency problems, in which case you'll need to do the same again for another package (very RedHat'ish ;-) ). Eventually you'll get to a situation we're you need to remove the current version of a package, and replace it with an older version. -- Sonia. * David Kempe wrote: > yeah I have had a similar experience. > what sources.list are you using? I think it helps to trim it as much as > possible and install only packages with as few dependencies as possible. > For example - it survives getting evolution, but doesn't survive getting > other gnome type packages - I have forgotten the one that broke my other > knoppix. > The other main knoppix user in the office has had a similar experience. > We still have a copy of the version that had evolution included - it has > been removed from recent builds. > > dave > * David Kempe wrote: > also, > this might be useful > > HOWTO upgrade to debian unstable > > http://knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2251 > > dave > * "Chris D." wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > >I like having all the latest debian > >features in Knoppix, but being able to install *anything* at all would > >be really nice. > > Sounds like your after Debian unstable > > Cheers, > Chris > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug * Shayne O'Neill wrote: > Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web. > > > I suggest doing the update/upgrade tango on the system first. This will > untie alot of dependency whackyness. That said, there are problems with > knoppix (particularly in regards to borked kde3lib deps) that do require > some majikal guessing surgery. > > I *STRONGLY* recomend learning to use 'aptitude' (if it wont apt, get it > via tarballs). That has some damn fine tools for analysing the situation > when apt gets it knickers in a knot. > > Shayne. > > ------------------------------------ > "Must not Sleep! Must warn others!" > -Aesop. > Shayne O'Neill. Indymedia. Fun. > http://www.perthimc.asn.au > > On Fri, 30 May 2003, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web. > > > > Any of you Knoppix users out there done an apt-get install of anything, > > and had it totally get in a knot? I like having all the latest debian > > features in Knoppix, but being able to install *anything* at all would > > be really nice. > > > > Any hints? > > > > I'm currently learning more about apt than I ever wanted to know... > > > > -- > > Sonia Today's quote from the Jargon File .... > > > > :MOTOS: /moh-tohs/ n. [acronym from the 1970 U.S. census forms via > > Usenet: Member Of The Opposite Sex] A potential or (less often) actual > > sex partner. See {MOTAS}, {MOTSS}, {SO}. Less common than MOTSS or > > {MOTAS}, which has largely displaced it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Catgeek mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.cat.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catgeek > > > > _______________________________________________ > Catgeek mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.cat.org.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catgeek > -- Sonia Today's quote from the Jargon File .... :fontology: n. [XEROX PARC] The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g., for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. ... -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
