Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 06:56:04PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: | dman wrote: ... | >... | >First, run this with your sources.list pointing at potato. It will | >ensure that you have all the build tools and any other build | >dependencies for building (potato's version of) libxml1. | > | ># apt-

Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

Thanks for the reply! Still a few questions, though, after trying some of this... dman wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:33:58PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: >... > The mail->news gateway is one-way. The news server might (I don't > know) get 2 copies, but not the mailing list. Thanks, I didn't k

Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

Thanks for the reply! Still a few questions, though, after trying some of this... dman wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:33:58PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: >... > The mail->news gateway is one-way. The news server might (I don't > know) get 2 copies, but not the mailing list. Thanks, I didn't

Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

Thanks for the reply! Still a few questions, though, after trying some of this... dman wrote: On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:33:58PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: >... The mail->news gateway is one-way. The news server might (I don't know) get 2 copies, but not the mailing list. Thanks, I didn't kn

Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:33:58PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: | (Sorry if this appears twice; I submitted it first via news, but I never saw | it appear. I joined the mailing list in the meantime, so here's a second | attempt.) The mail->news gateway is one-way. The news server might (I don't know)

Re: Installing advanced library versions safely?

On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 04:33:58PM -0400, Dan Muller wrote: > told that I need expat or libxml >= 1.8.3. Neither potato nor woody are up > to libxml 1.8.3. (I was considering upgrading to woody before I noticed > this -- not a decision to be taken lightly, since I live behind a modem!) > > (And fi

Installing advanced library versions safely?

(Sorry if this appears twice; I submitted it first via news, but I never saw it appear. I joined the mailing list in the meantime, so here's a second attempt.) Background: I have a Debian system running potato. I have some experience running Linux systems, mostly RedHat, but I'm pretty new to Debi