Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Christian]

Hi all,
What if I want to upgrade from Gnome 2.20 to the latest v2.22? Where can I find more information about this. Running Debian Lenny.
many thanks,
Christian

Re: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Geoff Shang]

Hi,

People I've spoken to who use Gnome regularly seem to recommend running 
Debian unstable so as to keep up with Gnome development.  Of course this is 
not for everyone, but I'm told that now with the existance of Debian 
Experimental, Unstable is more stable than it used to be.

Geoff.

Re: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Tony Baechler]

Christian wrote:
> What if I want to upgrade from Gnome 2.20 to the latest v2.22? Where can I find more information about this. Running Debian Lenny.
>   


You could look at Ubuntu Hardy.  It appears that Ubuntu Hardy has 2.22 
packages.  You could pull them in that way by adding a Ubuntu mirror to 
/etc/apt/sources.list.  I don't know what differences there are between 
their packages and Debian.  You might have to set up apt pinning to pull 
in the newer Ubuntu versions.  The 2.22 packages might not be 100% 
complete, but I saw a newer version of Orca than what Debian offered.  
If in doubt, check a Ubuntu mirror in /pool/universe/g/gnome* or 
http://archive.ubuntu.com/

Re: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Tony Baechler]

Hi,

All I know is that I'm pulling in both Debian unstable and Ubuntu Hardy 
and apt-cache madison gnome-orca shows that Ubuntu is newer.  Then 
again, I'm not one to say much because I never got my instllation of 
Gnome to work. <grin>  I was surprised that apparently Ubuntu was 
newer.  Yes, I do update my package lists fairly often.  I don't know if 
anything else is newer but it looked like Orca had a higher version number.

Geoff Shang wrote:
> People I've spoken to who use Gnome regularly seem to recommend 
> running Debian unstable so as to keep up with Gnome development.  Of 
> course this is not for everyone, but I'm told that now with the 
> existance of Debian Experimental, Unstable is more stable than it used 
> to be. 

Re[2]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Christian]

Hi Geoff,
Many thanks for that info.
Best regards,
Christian


On 2008-03-15 at 10:57 Geoff Shang wrote:

>Hi,
>
>People I've spoken to who use Gnome regularly seem to recommend running 
>Debian unstable so as to keep up with Gnome development.  Of course this
>is 
>not for everyone, but I'm told that now with the existance of Debian 
>Experimental, Unstable is more stable than it used to be.
>
>Geoff.
>
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Re[2]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Christian]

Hi,
I have also got Ubuntu hardy installed so maybe i should try installing the unstable version of Debian as well just to see.
Christian


On 2008-03-15 at 02:14 Tony Baechler wrote:

>Hi,
>
>All I know is that I'm pulling in both Debian unstable and Ubuntu Hardy 
>and apt-cache madison gnome-orca shows that Ubuntu is newer.  Then 
>again, I'm not one to say much because I never got my instllation of 
>Gnome to work. <grin>  I was surprised that apparently Ubuntu was 
>newer.  Yes, I do update my package lists fairly often.  I don't know if 
>anything else is newer but it looked like Orca had a higher version number.
>
>Geoff Shang wrote:
>> People I've spoken to who use Gnome regularly seem to recommend 
>> running Debian unstable so as to keep up with Gnome development.  Of 
>> course this is not for everyone, but I'm told that now with the 
>> existance of Debian Experimental, Unstable is more stable than it used 
>> to be. 
>
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Re[2]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Christian]

Hi Geoff,
If i want to run debian unstable, do I just need to add that to my /etc/apt/sources.list file if I am using Lenny right now?
Many thanks,
Christian


On 2008-03-15 at 10:57 Geoff Shang wrote:

>Hi,
>
>People I've spoken to who use Gnome regularly seem to recommend running 
>Debian unstable so as to keep up with Gnome development.  Of course this
>is 
>not for everyone, but I'm told that now with the existance of Debian 
>Experimental, Unstable is more stable than it used to be.
>
>Geoff.
>
>_______________________________________________
>Blinux-list mailing list
>Blinux-list@redhat.com
>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re[2]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Geoff Shang]

Christian wrote:

> If i want to run debian unstable, do I just need to add that to my 
> /etc/apt/sources.list file if I am using Lenny right now?

Hi,

You'll want to change all references to leny or testing in your 
sources.list file to point to syd or unstable, then run:

apt-get update

Make sure there aren't any errors, then run:

apt-get dist-upgrade

This may take awhile.

Hopefully everything will upgrade smoothly.

Geoff.

Re[3]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Christian]

Hi Geoff,
Thanks for that info.
I have seen this before, but i have to ask. sid, what's that?
Many thanks,
Christian


On 2008-03-15 at 18:25 Geoff Shang wrote:

>Christian wrote:
>
>> If i want to run debian unstable, do I just need to add that to my 
>> /etc/apt/sources.list file if I am using Lenny right now?
>
>Hi,
>
>You'll want to change all references to leny or testing in your 
>sources.list file to point to syd or unstable, then run:
>
>apt-get update
>
>Make sure there aren't any errors, then run:
>
>apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>This may take awhile.
>
>Hopefully everything will upgrade smoothly.
>
>Geoff.
>
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Re[3]: Upgrading to Gnome 2.22

[Geoff Shang]

Hi,

Syd is unstable.   Unlike the other releases which change name all the time 
as each release comes out, unstable is always called Syd.  Debian releases 
are named after characters in the Toy Story movies and Syd was particularly 
unstable.

Geoff.