Re: strange packages

[Dirk Wernien]

Am Friday 12 February 2010 22:04:57 schrieb Hans-J. Ullrich:
> Hi all,
Moin,

> I wondered what is the difference between the two packages
>
> "linux-image-amd64" and "linux-image-2.6-amd64". Both seem to be
> meta- packages, and both want to install the same kernel.
>
> Is there a difference at all? If yes, which one is preferred for
> which purposes?

linux-image-amd64 will install 2.8.x and 3.0.x also, 
linux-image-2.6-amd64 will only install 2.6.x kernels.

> Regards
>
> Hans

dirk

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Re: Sun Jre 1.5

[DIrk Wernien]

Am Dienstag, 7. August 2007 18:40 schrieb Cavan Mejias:
> Hey everybody,
>I've been trying to install the latest Java. I downloaded
> the two packages from debian.org but i cant install either because
> one needs the other installed first and the same for the other. Are
> there any ways to get around this? Thanks.
Moin,
use dpkg -i  xyz.deb to force installation.
The Packages you downloaded are in
/var/cache/apt/packages/

Tschüss
dirk