Re: fetching older packages?
Just like to say thanks for this, I am an apt-get commandline user, and was thinking it would be nice to have old libraries sorted out at the same time when upgrading libs and packages.:) I will be having a closer look at it in the future. rohan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 05:14, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:16:11 -0400, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > > > I don't remember (don't use apt-get these days). Aptitude does. > > > I've been using dselect for a few years now and never really had a > problem with it ... occasionally using apt command-line tools when > necessary ... > > Seems like a lot of people don't care for dselect. What do you find > wrong with dselect, and why do you like aptitude better? > I never really used dselect, prefered command line apt, was easier for me for some reason then going through the menus. > Also, there are no new packages available that I don't know about yet > ... will aptitude tell me about them in a really obvious way, as dselect > does by putting them right up top? If I look at them in aptitude, will > they still show up as new in dselect, or will they be marked as seen? Using aptitude in the curses mode (just aptitude on the command line) gives you the packages sorted using several categories, one of them lists the new packages. This list only resets when you tell aptitude to forget new packages, and not when you look at them. I don't know if telling aptitude to forget new packages makes dselect forget them also. > -- > monique > > My pointless ramblings: > http://www.bounceswoosh.org/phorum/index.php?f=6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On (30/09/03 20:56), Joey Hess wrote: > I used dselect for 6 years or so. I have even fixed some of its bugs and > added things like configurable colors to it. Eventually though, it just > comes time to move on to the next better thing. Aptitude has many > features dselect lacks. For me the killer feature was tracking of > automatically removed packages, so old libraries don't pile up. > > I've attached my aptitude tips document. While it is mostly aimed at > apt-get users, most of the points apply to dselect users too. > > > Also, there are no new packages available that I don't know about yet > > ... will aptitude tell me about them in a really obvious way, as dselect > > does by putting them right up top? If I look at them in aptitude, will > > they still show up as new in dselect, or will they be marked as seen? > > They use different lists of what's new, one does not effect the other. > > Aptitude displays new pacages in a "New packages" section which behaves > much like dselect's, except it does not clear it until you press the 'c' > key. This is useful, I remember accidentially exiting dselect and losing > new packages I had not yet reviewed. With aptitude I can put off looking > at new packages until I feel like it. > > -- > see shy jo > Seven reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get. > > 1. aptitude can look just like apt-get > >If you run 'aptitude update' or 'aptitude upgrade' or 'aptitude >install', it looks and works just like apt-get, with a few enhancements. >So there is no learning curve. > > 2. aptitude tracks automatically installed packages > >Stop worrying about pruning unused libraries and support packages from >your system. If you use aptitude to install everything, it will keep >track of what packages are pulled in by dependencies alone, and remove >those packages when they are no longer needed. > > 3. aptitude sanely handles recommends > >A long-standing failure of apt-get has been its lack of support for >the Recommends relationship. Which is a problem because many packages >in Debian rely on Recommends to pull in software that the average user >generally uses with the package. This is a not uncommon cause of >trouble, even though apt-get recently became able to at least mention >recommended packages, it's easy to miss its warnings. > >Aptitude supports Recommends by default, and can be confgigured to >support Suggests too. It even supports installing recommended packages >when used in command-line mode. > > 4. use aptitude as a normal user and avoid hosing your system > >Maybe you didn't know that you can run aptitude in gui mode as a regular >user. Make any changes you'd like to try out. If you get into a real >mess, you can hit 'q' and exit, your changes will not be saved. >(aptitude also lets you use ctrl-u to undo changes). Since it's running >as a normal user, you cannot hose your system until you tell aptitude to >do something, at which point it will prompt you for your root password. > > 5. aptitude has a powerful UI and searching capabilities > >Between aptitude's categorical browser and its great support for >mutt-style filtering and searching of packages by name, description, >maintainer, dependencies, etc, you should be able to find packages >faster than ever before using aptitude. > > 6. aptitude makes it easy to keep track of obsolete software > >If Debian stops distributing a package, apt will leave it on your system >indefinitly, with no warnings, and no upgrades. Aptitude lists such >packages in its "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages" section, so you >can be informed of the problem and do something about it. > > 7. aptitude has an interface to the Debian task system > >Aptitude lets you use Debian's task system as it was designed to be >used. You can browse the available tasks, select a task for install, and >then dig into it and de-select parts of the task that you don't want. >apt-get has no support for tasks, and aptitude is better even than >special purpose tools like tasksel. Thanks Joey This is pretty compelling stuff ;) Having mainly used dselect, I think I really need to try aptitude. Regards Clive -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Monique Y. Herman wrote: > I've been using dselect for a few years now and never really had a > problem with it ... occasionally using apt command-line tools when > necessary ... > > Seems like a lot of people don't care for dselect. What do you find > wrong with dselect, and why do you like aptitude better? I used dselect for 6 years or so. I have even fixed some of its bugs and added things like configurable colors to it. Eventually though, it just comes time to move on to the next better thing. Aptitude has many features dselect lacks. For me the killer feature was tracking of automatically removed packages, so old libraries don't pile up. I've attached my aptitude tips document. While it is mostly aimed at apt-get users, most of the points apply to dselect users too. > Also, there are no new packages available that I don't know about yet > ... will aptitude tell me about them in a really obvious way, as dselect > does by putting them right up top? If I look at them in aptitude, will > they still show up as new in dselect, or will they be marked as seen? They use different lists of what's new, one does not effect the other. Aptitude displays new pacages in a "New packages" section which behaves much like dselect's, except it does not clear it until you press the 'c' key. This is useful, I remember accidentially exiting dselect and losing new packages I had not yet reviewed. With aptitude I can put off looking at new packages until I feel like it. -- see shy jo Seven reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get. 1. aptitude can look just like apt-get If you run 'aptitude update' or 'aptitude upgrade' or 'aptitude install', it looks and works just like apt-get, with a few enhancements. So there is no learning curve. 2. aptitude tracks automatically installed packages Stop worrying about pruning unused libraries and support packages from your system. If you use aptitude to install everything, it will keep track of what packages are pulled in by dependencies alone, and remove those packages when they are no longer needed. 3. aptitude sanely handles recommends A long-standing failure of apt-get has been its lack of support for the Recommends relationship. Which is a problem because many packages in Debian rely on Recommends to pull in software that the average user generally uses with the package. This is a not uncommon cause of trouble, even though apt-get recently became able to at least mention recommended packages, it's easy to miss its warnings. Aptitude supports Recommends by default, and can be confgigured to support Suggests too. It even supports installing recommended packages when used in command-line mode. 4. use aptitude as a normal user and avoid hosing your system Maybe you didn't know that you can run aptitude in gui mode as a regular user. Make any changes you'd like to try out. If you get into a real mess, you can hit 'q' and exit, your changes will not be saved. (aptitude also lets you use ctrl-u to undo changes). Since it's running as a normal user, you cannot hose your system until you tell aptitude to do something, at which point it will prompt you for your root password. 5. aptitude has a powerful UI and searching capabilities Between aptitude's categorical browser and its great support for mutt-style filtering and searching of packages by name, description, maintainer, dependencies, etc, you should be able to find packages faster than ever before using aptitude. 6. aptitude makes it easy to keep track of obsolete software If Debian stops distributing a package, apt will leave it on your system indefinitly, with no warnings, and no upgrades. Aptitude lists such packages in its "Obsolete and Locally Created Packages" section, so you can be informed of the problem and do something about it. 7. aptitude has an interface to the Debian task system Aptitude lets you use Debian's task system as it was designed to be used. You can browse the available tasks, select a task for install, and then dig into it and de-select parts of the task that you don't want. apt-get has no support for tasks, and aptitude is better even than special purpose tools like tasksel. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: fetching older packages?
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:16:11 -0400, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: I don't remember (don't use apt-get these days). Aptitude does. I've been using dselect for a few years now and never really had a problem with it ... occasionally using apt command-line tools when necessary ... Seems like a lot of people don't care for dselect. What do you find wrong with dselect, and why do you like aptitude better? I here you. I have been using dselect since about week 2 into my journey with Debian. I can't see what so many people dislike about it. -Roberto pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fetching older packages?
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:16:11 -0400, Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > > I don't remember (don't use apt-get these days). Aptitude does. I've been using dselect for a few years now and never really had a problem with it ... occasionally using apt command-line tools when necessary ... Seems like a lot of people don't care for dselect. What do you find wrong with dselect, and why do you like aptitude better? Also, there are no new packages available that I don't know about yet ... will aptitude tell me about them in a really obvious way, as dselect does by putting them right up top? If I look at them in aptitude, will they still show up as new in dselect, or will they be marked as seen? -- monique My pointless ramblings: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/phorum/index.php?f=6 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetching older packages?
Colin Watson wrote: > > Is there a way to mark things on "hold" via the apt tools? > > I don't think so. aptitude hold packagename > > It seems like apt-get respected dselect "hold" last time I used it ... > > or was I mistaken? > > Um, I can never remember :) I don't remember (don't use apt-get these days). Aptitude does. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: fetching older packages?
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:56:18 +0200, Werner Mahr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Samstag, 27. September 2003 17:48 schrieb Monique Y. Herman: > >> "She," but otherwise mostly right. It turns out that I didn't need >> to uninstall 2.3, anyway, though -- just had to revert one version. > > Sorry, Moni. I didn't read the name because it doesen't matter for me > and I'm not one of those which cry: "REALNAME OR GO HOME" > I'm happy every time I see a girl using linux because in my region I > don't see that often. I don't see it very often in my region, either =) -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Samstag, 27. September 2003 17:48 schrieb Monique Y. Herman: > "She," but otherwise mostly right. It turns out that I didn't need > to uninstall 2.3, anyway, though -- just had to revert one version. Sorry, Moni. I didn't read the name because it doesen't matter for me and I'm not one of those which cry: "REALNAME OR GO HOME" I'm happy every time I see a girl using linux because in my region I don't see that often. - -- MfG usw Werner Mahr GPG-Key-ID 9CCBC2B0 Registered-Linux-User: 303822 (http://counter.li.org) ICQ-Nr. 317910541 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE/d9eUOUGIhpzLwrARAjogAJ96PTH0sPScJGToFK+g2rrdWoT5/ACeOXeB LrZsLfvEgveMXObvFoLuaVw= =m+fT -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetching older packages?
Monique Y. Herman wrote: > Is there a way for me to get a listing of all past versions of a > package? For example, I knew that I wanted "whatever python2.3 was > before 2.3.1-1", which turned out to be 2.3-4 -- and I found that out by > browsing through the pool directories. Is there an easier way? Look in the changelog. Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: fetching older packages?
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 03:28:44PM +, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:29:10 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned:
> > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:23:56AM +, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> >> 1) Where do I find this older version? In this case it should be the
> >> version that was available on unstable right up until a few hours ago.
> >
> > http://snapshot.debian.net/ will have it.
>
> Ahah! Thank you very much.
>
> Is there a way for me to get a listing of all past versions of a
> package? For example, I knew that I wanted "whatever python2.3 was
> before 2.3.1-1", which turned out to be 2.3-4 -- and I found that out by
> browsing through the pool directories. Is there an easier way?
Reading the changelog's probably simplest.
> >> 4) If I do revert, how do I tell dselect (or apt-get or whatever) not to
> >> upgrade, and how do I know when the newer version is available?
> >
> > Press '=' on the package in dselect, or 'echo PACKAGE-NAME hold | dpkg
> > --set-selections'. dselect will show you the held package among the
> > packages with newer versions available, and you can unhold ('+' in
> > dselect) when you think the available version fixes the bug.
>
> Okay, I've used the = method, but the echoing thing is a great tip!
>
> Is there a way to mark things on "hold" via the apt tools?
I don't think so.
> It seems like apt-get respected dselect "hold" last time I used it ...
> or was I mistaken?
Um, I can never remember :)
> Also, what's the best way to find out that a newer version is available?
> Looks like that's what the "subscription-package tracking system" form at
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/python2.3.html does?
Yes, that's a reasonable way to do it. There's a link at
http://packages.qa.debian.org/ to the documentation which explains how
to subscribe to only certain bits of information about a package; if you
just want to know when a new version is uploaded, you want the
'upload-source' keyword. (After the upload you'll have to wait for a
little while - a day or so at most - as it propagates to mirrors
following the daily installation of packages into the pool.)
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 16:32:07 +0200, Werner Mahr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned: >> >> I don't get what you mean here. Could you explain in more detail? > > He wants to remove python 2.3.1-1 package and let the rest be > installed. Thats OK, the depend package is not removed. If he wants > to remove python then he should remove pathon and the others will go > with it. > > "She," but otherwise mostly right. It turns out that I didn't need to uninstall 2.3, anyway, though -- just had to revert one version. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:29:10 +0100, Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:23:56AM +, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> Anyway, this brings up the question, how do I revert to an older version
>> of a package? A friend pointed out that I can just dpkg -i
>> whatever.deb, where whatever is the older version, but I still have
>> questions:
>>
>> 1) Where do I find this older version? In this case it should be the
>> version that was available on unstable right up until a few hours ago.
>
> http://snapshot.debian.net/ will have it.
Ahah! Thank you very much.
Is there a way for me to get a listing of all past versions of a
package? For example, I knew that I wanted "whatever python2.3 was
before 2.3.1-1", which turned out to be 2.3-4 -- and I found that out by
browsing through the pool directories. Is there an easier way?
>> 2) What does debian do about the dependencies? In most cases, will
>> having newer libraries be okay, or do I need to replace just about
>> everything?
>
> With the odd exception, newer libraries will usually be OK.
Cool. Looks like python2.3-tk was the only package that griped, and
that was easy enough to fix.
>> 3) The python 2.3.1-1 package depends on the python 2.3 package depends
>> on the python package. How am I to understand these dependencies?
>> Could I just remove the 2.3.1-1 package and still somehow have python
>> running?
>
> I don't get what you mean here. Could you explain in more detail?
Umm, let's just skip it. I think I read the dependencies wrong.
>> 4) If I do revert, how do I tell dselect (or apt-get or whatever) not to
>> upgrade, and how do I know when the newer version is available?
>
> Press '=' on the package in dselect, or 'echo PACKAGE-NAME hold | dpkg
> --set-selections'. dselect will show you the held package among the
> packages with newer versions available, and you can unhold ('+' in
> dselect) when you think the available version fixes the bug.
>
Okay, I've used the = method, but the echoing thing is a great tip!
Is there a way to mark things on "hold" via the apt tools? It seems
like apt-get respected dselect "hold" last time I used it ... or was I
mistaken?
Also, what's the best way to find out that a newer version is available?
Looks like that's what the "subscription-package tracking system" form at
http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/python2.3.html does?
Thank you very much for all your help!
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 26. September 2003 21:29 schrieb Colin Watson: > > 3) The python 2.3.1-1 package depends on the python 2.3 package > > depends on the python package. How am I to understand these > > dependencies? Could I just remove the 2.3.1-1 package and still > > somehow have python running? > > I don't get what you mean here. Could you explain in more detail? He wants to remove python 2.3.1-1 package and let the rest be installed. Thats OK, the depend package is not removed. If he wants to remove python then he should remove pathon and the others will go with it. - -- MfG usw Werner Mahr GPG-Key-ID 9CCBC2B0 Registered-Linux-User: 303822 (http://counter.li.org) ICQ-Nr. 317910541 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE/dZ9qOUGIhpzLwrARAhWqAJ0QnXfIM7849Mew1NLt5UnMEnwSNQCgyhxG VdpNfNjMGhpyAonk2mTRZ34= =7WG+ -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetching older packages?
On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 03:23:56AM +, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> Anyway, this brings up the question, how do I revert to an older version
> of a package? A friend pointed out that I can just dpkg -i
> whatever.deb, where whatever is the older version, but I still have
> questions:
>
> 1) Where do I find this older version? In this case it should be the
> version that was available on unstable right up until a few hours ago.
http://snapshot.debian.net/ will have it.
> 2) What does debian do about the dependencies? In most cases, will
> having newer libraries be okay, or do I need to replace just about
> everything?
With the odd exception, newer libraries will usually be OK.
> 3) The python 2.3.1-1 package depends on the python 2.3 package depends
> on the python package. How am I to understand these dependencies?
> Could I just remove the 2.3.1-1 package and still somehow have python
> running?
I don't get what you mean here. Could you explain in more detail?
> 4) If I do revert, how do I tell dselect (or apt-get or whatever) not to
> upgrade, and how do I know when the newer version is available?
Press '=' on the package in dselect, or 'echo PACKAGE-NAME hold | dpkg
--set-selections'. dselect will show you the held package among the
packages with newer versions available, and you can unhold ('+' in
dselect) when you think the available version fixes the bug.
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I just used dselect to update all of my packages on unstable, only to find that apparently the latest python (2.3.1-1) has a nasty bug that messes up my tmda-based filtering system. (I use tmda primarily for the easy-to-grok filtering syntax, so please don't flame me regarding c/r systems -- that's another discussion.) Anyway, this brings up the question, how do I revert to an older version of a package? A friend pointed out that I can just dpkg -i whatever.deb, where whatever is the older version, but I still have questions: 1) Where do I find this older version? In this case it should be the version that was available on unstable right up until a few hours ago. 2) What does debian do about the dependencies? In most cases, will having newer libraries be okay, or do I need to replace just about everything? 3) The python 2.3.1-1 package depends on the python 2.3 package depends on the python package. How am I to understand these dependencies? Could I just remove the 2.3.1-1 package and still somehow have python running? 4) If I do revert, how do I tell dselect (or apt-get or whatever) not to upgrade, and how do I know when the newer version is available? I've been running debian for years, but this is the first time I've ever had to think about reverting a version -- which I think is a pretty awesome track record for debian. Unfortunately, this relative perfection didn't give me the chance to perfect my debian troubleshooting skills =P -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Older packages
Hello, Am 20:34 2002-11-14 + hat Pigeon geschrieben: > >Searched the Debian site without success. > >Where can I find the packages for release 2.1? I'm after libpam0g-dev >and anything needed to satisfy its dependencies. > >Pigeon What about: ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian-archive/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/libs or ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian-archive/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/devel Michelle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:36:25 -0500 (EST), Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Pigeon wrote: > >> Searched the Debian site without success. >> >> Where can I find the packages for release 2.1? I'm after libpam0g-dev >> and anything needed to satisfy its dependencies. > >http://archive.debian.org/dists/Debian-2.1/ > Ahhh, Bisto. Thanks. OK now. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Pigeon wrote: > Searched the Debian site without success. > > Where can I find the packages for release 2.1? I'm after libpam0g-dev > and anything needed to satisfy its dependencies. http://archive.debian.org/dists/Debian-2.1/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Searched the Debian site without success. Where can I find the packages for release 2.1? I'm after libpam0g-dev and anything needed to satisfy its dependencies. Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Karsten M. Self wrote: > Check list archives. I belive someone's now archiving older > testing/unstable packages. Recent versions of unstable packages that I use on one or more of my machines are archived at http://crdic.ath.cx/debian . Craig
Re: Is there a way to get older packages?
on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 10:39:04PM -0800, jennyw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > For example, I'd like to install an older version of php (the current one in > Woody, which I'm using, is 4.0.100 which reports itself as being 4.1.0rc2). > Or do I need to download the source and build? Check list archives. I belive someone's now archiving older testing/unstable packages. In general, however, only "released" packages are available as archives. -- Karsten M. Selfhttp://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html pgpOncZ3I2Cii.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Is there a way to get older packages?
jennyw wrote: For example, I'd like to install an older version of php (the current one in Woody, which I'm using, is 4.0.100 which reports itself as being 4.1.0rc2). Or do I need to download the source and build? Thanks! Jen If you had previously installed older version with apt-get, try looking in /var/cache/apt/archives. -- Jerome
Re: Is there a way to get older packages?
> For example, I'd like to install an older version of php (the current one in > Woody, which I'm using, is 4.0.100 which reports itself as being 4.1.0rc2). > Or do I need to download the source and build? > > Thanks! > > Jen > As far as I know, older versions of woody packages are not saved. -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka (replace these parenthesis with @) bezeqint, delete the comma and the white space characters and add .net
Is there a way to get older packages?
For example, I'd like to install an older version of php (the current one in Woody, which I'm using, is 4.0.100 which reports itself as being 4.1.0rc2). Or do I need to download the source and build? Thanks! Jen
Re: older packages
have a look at: http or ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian-archive/ - Bruce -- On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Stephan Hachinger wrote: > You can try out ftpsearch.lycos.com. I always find lots of outdated Debian > mirrors with old packages there. > - Original Message - > From: "Marcin Kurc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Where can I find older debian (woody) packages?
Re: older packages
Hello! You can try out ftpsearch.lycos.com. I always find lots of outdated Debian mirrors with old packages there. Kind Regards, Stephan Hachinger - Original Message - From: "Marcin Kurc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 10:20 PM Subject: older packages > Where can I find older debian (woody) packages? > > -- > Marcin Kurc > Indiana Institute of Technology > System Administrator > http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
older packages
Where can I find older debian (woody) packages? -- Marcin Kurc Indiana Institute of Technology System Administrator http://me.indtech.edu http://www.indtech.edu
