On 25 August 2014 18:18, Michael . <keltoiboy@...> wrote:
>>Q: now should I upgrade the other Debian packages to jessie?
>
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> If there are no new packages (in other words packages not already installed
> in any version) required you don't have to use dist-upgrade,
>  if there are new packages required you do have to use dist-upgrade.
>
>
> On 25 August 2014 23:36, Robert Peters <robertpeters9@...> wrote:
>>
>> On 24 August 2014 18:31, Robert Peters <robertpeters9@...> wrote:
>> > ...
>> > Here's what I tried:
>> > 1- removed all my Trinity/TDE/KDE packages
>> > 2- set sources to Slavek's repository and updated
>> > 3- tried installing Trinity packages and got unmet dependencies errors
>> > 4- this seems to be based on:
>> >     libr0 : Depends: binutils (< 2.23) but 2.23.90.20131017-1 is to be
>> > installed
>> > 5- added to my sources:
>> >     deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian wheezy main
>> > 6- in the Synaptic package menu for binutils, I offer to force the
>> > version to 2.22-8, and it wants to remove the linux-headers, among
>> > other things.  No way!
>> >
>> > libr0 is not installed, but this leads back to point 4.  I can
>> > reinstall the 3.5.13 packages but so far can't get to R14  :-(
>>
>> Fixed part of it  :-)
>> Changed Debian's and Slavek's sources from wheezy to jessie, upgraded
>> binutils, installed libr0, installed some favorite TDE apps (R14).
>>
>> Q: now should I upgrade the other Debian packages to jessie?  At what
>> point do I use dist-upgrade?
>>
>> Robert


Success :-)
Upgraded the Debian packages from Wheezy to Jessie.  After a few
rounds of installing Trinity packages, the session menu finally offers
TDE.  And it works.  Kwifimanager is my Wifi frontend, and the Mate
packages provide the necessary drivers for my new-ish laptop.
Thanks to everyone for the help.
Robert