At Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:51:43 -0700 (PDT), Mark A. Bell wrote: > The problem is, my Linux machine is not connected to the net so I can't > just use 'apt-get upgrade' to install the 'testing' version. My (now > much neglected) windows laptop has a net connection. > > So my question is, in general terms what will I have to do to upgrade > my current version of Dia to the newer 'testing' version?
see the "apt-zip" package for a method of using apt over removable media (floppies, zip drives, etc). alternatively, you could use "apt-get --print-uris install dia" or something to just get a list of urls you should download (somehow) and the filenames where you should put them. then just run "apt-get install dia" and it will magically find what it was about to think of looking for. personally, i'd just download the source "apt-get source dia" (or get the files directly (from apt-get --print-uris source dia): http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dia/dia_0.88.1-3.dsc http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dia/dia_0.88.1.orig.tar.gz http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dia/dia_0.88.1-3.diff.gz transfer them over to the linux box and then do: cd /some/directory/wot/i/copied/those/files/to dpkg-source -x dia_0.88.1-3.dsc cd dia-0.88.1 (or whatever the directory ends up being called) dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -us -uc (compile, compile) sudo dpkg -i ../dia_0.88.1-3_*.deb it will probably get a little hairier than that, since the dia package might build-depend on some other woody packages (newer versions of debhelper is a common one). -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
