Re: A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-22 Thread The Doctor What
On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 07:49:32PM +0100, Frankie wrote: > If there is not an x11amp package in slink, then a solution would be to > download the > (debianised) source and compile it. Almost all of the debian sources (in my > experience) seem to compile straight away, with no problems. This way th

Re: A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-22 Thread Frankie
John Gay wrote: > Thanks for the info, but I think you over looked a few items. > The reason I want to upgrade to potato is, I installed x11amp, which required > newer libs than slink uses. This has broken apt. I've seen this problem > mentioned before and the recommended fix was to upgrade to pot

Re: A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-16 Thread John Gay
Thanks for the info, but I think you over looked a few items. The reason I want to upgrade to potato is, I installed x11amp, which required newer libs than slink uses. This has broken apt. I've seen this problem mentioned before and the recommended fix was to upgrade to potato. Also, my video car

Re: A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-14 Thread Tom Pfeifer
Just a correction: > apt-get install communicator-smotif-45 communicator-nethelp > communicator-spell For Communicator 4.5, the spell checker package name is communicator-spell-45, and the help file is communicator-nethelp-45 Tom

Re: A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-14 Thread Tom Pfeifer
John Gay wrote: > > I've been following this list fro a while and currently have 2.1 installed on > my PC at home. I got a CD from a friend who provides various CD's for the > asking here in Ireland. I choose Debian because I like the philosophy Welcome! I'll try to answer a couple of your que

A few questions from a newbie.

1999-06-14 Thread John Gay
I've been following this list fro a while and currently have 2.1 installed on my PC at home. I got a CD from a friend who provides various CD's for the asking here in Ireland. I choose Debian because I like the philosophy, though I don't subscribe to some of the extremist views I've heard RE: Bru