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Re: [LUG] Upgrading Debian

 

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:25:24 +0100
"Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 4/11/07, Jonathan Roberts <jonathan.roberts.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> > su -c "apt-get dist-upgrade"
>
>
> You'd actually need to run su -c "aptitude update && aptitude
> dist-upgrade".

apt vs apititude is only a matter of personal preference but yes, you
do need 'update' before either 'upgrade' or 'dist-upgrade'. upgrade is
for day-to-day usage (e.g. via cron-apt) and it will prompt you about
adding new packages as dependencies of packages being upgraded.
dist-upgrade will proceed with installing the new dependencies without
prompting.

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