Re: Gnome on Debian 2.1

[Judith Samson <judith samson usaserve net>]

This actually happens quite a lot. New versions of different libraries
and tools come out so often that the CD is usually obsolete before it is
released.  I have found that usually when I want to install a new app I
need to upgrade a few things first. Just part of being in a razor-sharp,
lightning-fast development environment!

For more info on installing Gnome for Debian, go to:

http://www.gnome.org/start/debian-readme.html


XFree86 v3.3.5 has been out for a few months now. It's LOTS better than
older versions; I would definitely upgrade:

http://www.xfree86.org

Judith

Doug Hockin wrote:
> 
> I'm new to Linux and am running Debian 2.1 from CDs.
> 
> I wanted to try out Gnome but the CDs didn't seem to
> have enough stuff to do so.  I used apt-get to get
> the needed pieces via http, but many of them said
> the installation failed do to a missing xlib6g, which
> is installed.
> 
> Frustrated I used apt-get to get a new version of apt
> and now the error message is better and says it needs an
> xlib6g version >= 3.3.5 and I have 3.3.2.3a-ll installed.
> 
> Will there be any problem with using the 3.3.5 version
> of xlib6g as it must be newer than what was used
> with all the stuff from the CDs?
> 
> -- Doug
> 
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