cannot install with apt-get

[Dotan Cohen]

On 22/06/06, Joe Hart <j.hart at hccnet.nl> wrote:
>
> > That's a repo for a single package? It'd be maddening to configure a
> > repo for every package that one must install. And as soon as I removed
> > the lines corresponding to the cdrom, it installed fine from the web.
> It is indeed a pain.  KDE 3.5.3 is also like that.  You installed amarok
> from the regular repository.  Most likely you have 1.3, not 1.4.  The
> new version adds features, but it also has bugs.  That's probably the
> reason it isn't in the main repository.
>
> One of the things that will help keep your system current is to enable
> the backports repository.  If you do that, all your installed
> applications will be updated (when you do an update) to the newest
> version that is available for (k)ubuntu.  Keep in mind however that some
> of the new packages can break your system.  That's why they're in a
> different repository.
>
>

Excellent- Amarok 1.3 really has all the features that I need at the
moment. I'll keep the stable software on hand until I see that some
needed features are missing.

Thanks for the tip.

Dotan Cohen
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