From quanta Mon Jun 29 10:15:08 2009 From: Arthur Marsh Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:15:08 +0000 To: quanta Subject: Re: [Quanta] Quanta and Debian Testing - Squeeze Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=quanta&m=124626990713021 Philip Payne wrote, on 2009-06-29 17:30: > > > Le lundi 29 juin 2009 à 17:03 +0930, Arthur Marsh a écrit : > >> Philip Payne wrote, on 2009-06-29 16:23: >>> HI >>> I am using Debian Squeeze, because yes I want the latest apps versions, >>> but I was surprised to see that Quanta is not available 'yet' I realise >>> that this is a testing distrib so no complaints and I can manage OK with >>> Kate but I still miss my favorite web editing program. >>> I gather its a KDE issue not quite ready yet for Squeeze... >>> >>> Does anybody have any update on this situation, what we can expect time >>> wise before this gets to work ?? >>> >>> Or is there a way to get it working now :-) >> I kept my Debian unstable at KDE 3.5.9/3.5.10 to keep my KDE 3.5.X apps, >> but others have installed Quanta 3.5.9 and dependencies under KDE 4.X >> and have been able to use Quanta 3.5.9 under KDE 4.X. >> >> I usually use aptitude to experiment with packages and dependencies so >> that I can install what I want without having other stuff removed that I >> don't want removed. >> >> Regards, >> >> Arthur. > > > Thanks Arthur > Thanks for the info. > I just did something along those lines : > Switched my sources list back to Lenny, installed Quanta 3.5 and > reverted back again to Squeeze. > Worked a charm, absolute magic! > > Have great day > Philip This is getting off-top for this list but you can have stable, testing and unstable listed in /etc/apt/sources.list and set preferences for them so that you can select and download packages from any of stable, testing and unstable (or Lenny, Squeeze and Sid). Arthur. _______________________________________________ Quanta mailing list Quanta@mail.kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/quanta