Hi debian-user-digest-request! On Sat, 09 Nov 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> yes this is true, debian however still uses gnome 1.4. It will probably > be 1.5 to 2 years before gnome 2 shows up(the next "stable" release). if > your feeling daring you can try testing and/or unstable but I have read I have tried Suse a while ago and have followed the reviews in the magazines eversince. In my book, if you come from Suse, you can use even unstable without any loss of stability at all ;-)). Just be prepared to find some loose ends sometimes where dependancies haven't been resolved as perfectly as in stable (see below for an example). > particular set of libraries or window manager. there is no official > debian "version" of YaST, no real central confinguration tool. There is no version of YaST at all (to my knowledge), but there are several configuration tools you can use AFTER having completed the initial installation of the system. I am aware of webmin and linuxconf (which they have grabbed from Redhat :-). > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults', which is also in > package xnview Try the following: dpkg -i --force-overwrite xlibs_4.2.1-3_i386.deb It surely does the trick, but be aware that it really overwrites the files also managed by the other package. So far I have never encountered any problems I could relate to such double-management but you never know. > Are we the only one with this Problem? No, every user of unstable unavoidably runs into this. There is an intrinsic risk but up until now I never encountered any critical consequences in using the above command. bye, Klaus -- | | | | | Klaus Bodo Valentin Lichti | Tel. +31-45-5670421 | | |_|_| | Nullanderstraat 72 | Mobil +49-700-99LICHTI | | | | | Fax +49-170-13-2834088 | | --^-- | 6461 GD Kerkrade / Nederland | mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]