Problems installing xfree86 4.3 from experimental

[Alexander Barinov]

Hi!

I'm trying to install debian/unstable on my laptop and I badly need
xfree86 4.3 there. I use aptitude for package management.

So that's what I did:

1. Added
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main
to my sources.list

2. Updated package lists using 'u' key in aptitude.

But aptitude still shows me that I can't upgrade xfree86 packages
because available version is 4.2-12

What am I doing wrong?

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[Roberto Sanchez]

Alexander Barinov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to install debian/unstable on my laptop and I badly need
> xfree86 4.3 there. I use aptitude for package management.
>
> So that's what I did:
>
> 1. Added
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main
> to my sources.list
>
> 2. Updated package lists using 'u' key in aptitude.
>
> But aptitude still shows me that I can't upgrade xfree86 packages
> because available version is 4.2-12
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>

IIRC, experimental packages will not show up in the package archive.
You either need to pin them their in your conifguration, or specify
them on the command=line line, like so:

apt-get install x-windows-system/experimental

I am not sure if that is exactly right, but play with the syntax and it
should get you what you need.

-Roberto

[Greg Folkert]

On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 02:51, Alexander Barinov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to install debian/unstable on my laptop and I badly need
> xfree86 4.3 there. I use aptitude for package management.
>
> So that's what I did:
>
> 1. Added
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main
> to my sources.list
>
> 2. Updated package lists using 'u' key in aptitude.
>
> But aptitude still shows me that I can't upgrade xfree86 packages
> because available version is 4.2-12
>
> What am I doing wrong?

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib
non-free

Try that added to you sources.list. Then "aptitude update". Then run
aptitude in interactive mode and select the version you want. Be careful
You want tp make sure you install "ALL" the same versions of those you
select.

Currently here is my list of experimental XFree86:

lbxproxy libdps1 libxaw7 proxymngr twm x-window-system
x-window-system-core xbase-clients xdm xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi
xfonts-base xfonts-scalable xfree86-common xfs xfwp xlibmesa-dri
xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu xlibs xlibs-data xlibs-dev xnest xprt
xserver-common xserver-xfree86 xspecs xterm xutils xvfb

I am currently running 4.3.0-0pre1v3

greg@king:~$ apt-show-versions -a x-window-system-core
x-window-system-core 4.3.0-0pre1v3 install ok installed
x-window-system-core 4.1.0-16woody1 stable
x-window-system-core 4.2.1-12.1 testing
x-window-system-core 4.2.1-12.1 unstable
x-window-system-core 4.3.0-0pre1v3 experimental
x-window-system-core/experimental uptodate 4.3.0-0pre1v3

Now you know, spread the knowledge.
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