installing dvtm

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Jun 16 13:48:22 UTC 2008


Markus Schönhaber wrote:

> '2+ wrote:
>> found
>> http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/dvtm
>> so i thought i can install on my hardy
>> but
>> aptitude install dvtm
>> nor
>> aptitude install intrepid
>> as root
>> blames me that there ain't that kinda package ready
>> what am i doing wrong?
> 
> You're too impatient ;-)
> The above link shows that the dvtm is available for the upcoming Ubuntu
> version 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) which is due to be released in October.
> A search for dvtm on packages.ubuntu.com seems to indicate that there is
> no package available for current Ubuntu versions. So, among your options
> are a) Wait till Intrepid is released,
> b) hope and wait that dvtm will be backported to Hardy eventually,
> or, if you're adventurous and know what you're doing,
> c) download the Intrepid .deb and install it manually (it seems the
> dependencies of the package should be met by Hardy).

You missed (d), which is "If you're even more adventuruous (Intrepid even!),
and REALLY know what you're doing, change your sources.list to point to
intrepid instead of hardy".  DON'T try this at home, kids, I'm a trained
professional! :-)
-- 
derek





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