On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 15:20:46 -0800 Ralph Alvy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Peter wrote: > > > I would like to install gaim from unstablle.I am on testing. > > I edited my sources.list to reflect unstable sources( also > > added stable ), main, contrib and non-free > > Then I did : > > apt-get update > > apt-get build-dep gaim > > > John > > I am also very new to Debian, but I'm not sure I understand why you > didn't do it this way: > > apt-get update > apt-get install gaim One reason. The debian maintainer has a weird numbering scheme. Gaim is at 0.7.1, not 1:0.6.4. Best to grab from source. And I grabbed source directly from gaim.soureforge.com. I by passed aptitude all together. I them used checkinstall to created a deb file once I compiled it. -- Rodney D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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