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Neil Stone wrote: >Grant Sewell wrote: > > >>Ok, full list of events: >>+ Install Stable from the DVD on LinuxUser&Developer magazine this month >>- thought it might save a few hours of download time, but I think I'll >>just stick to doing netinsts ;) >>+ Add "main", "contrib" and "non-free" FTP repositories (currently using >>the main ftp.uk.debian.org, but will change soon enough) for debs and >>deb-srcs on both "normal" and "security" >>+ Apt-get updated successfully >>+ Apt-get upgraded (still stable) successfully >>+ Edited sources.list to change to Testing >>+ Apt-get updated successfully >>+ Apt-get upgraded successfully >>+ Apt-get dist-upgraded... >> >> >apt-get -f install > >run that at all..? > > No, I haven't used "apt-get -f install" at all, however after the first "apt-get dist-upgrade" some packages failed and it was suggested I use "-f", so I used "apt-get -f dist-upgrade"... which failed and suggested I used "dpkg --confure -a", which worked fine so I went back to "apt-get dist-upgrade", which failed and suggested I use "-f", so I used "apt-get -f dist-upgrade"... and round again, and again, and again. Each time the list of packages left to install got smaller and smaller. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html