Re: Quanta and Debian Testing - Squeeze

Philip Payne wrote, on 2009-06-29 17:30:
> 
> 
> Le lundi 29 juin 2009 à 17:03 +0930, Arthur Marsh a écrit :
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>> 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.