Re: upgraded libraries

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 09/12/04

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    Wayne Ayotte wrote:

    > I have installed debian 3.0r2. I would like to install aspell and a few
    > other packages. They all report dependencies such as; libc6 2.3.2.ds1-4
    > and telling me I have 2.2.5-11.5. I take it I need to upgrade my c
    > libraries. I have tried using apt-get install, but it tells me I have the
    > latest version??, rather confusing. The best I can come to is that I have
    > the latest version for the distro. Can I still upgrade or will I break
    > everything if I even attempt to?

    Sounds like you're mixing Stable with Testing/Unstable (usually a bad idea).
    What is in your sources.list file?

    Adam 

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