On Monday 06 June 2011 19:27:24 William Hopkins wrote: > On 06/06/11 at 06:52pm, Lisi wrote: > > On Monday 06 June 2011 17:03:36 Matt wrote: > > > I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert. > > > Giving Debian a whirl now. > > > > Having made a desultary attempt in teh other direction, I feel your pain. > > :-( > > > > [snip] > > > > > In Centos when I want to update or add a package I do this: > > > > > > yum update > > > > There is an important and fundamental difference between yum update and > > apt-get update. Yum update, as you say, applies patches. Apt-get update > > just updates the database of packages on your computer. (I think that > > yum simply doesn't do this at all.) The equivalent of yum update is > > apt-get full-upgrade - but you must run apt-get update first, or you > > won't get anything new. That will apply patches. > > Incorrect, yum installs full packages and is indeed quite similar to apt. > I'm also not familiar with the command `apt-get full-upgrade`.
It is you who are incorrect, I'm afraid. I used the term "patches" for yum because that is what the OP had said. I have no desire to correct him on yum since he so obviously knows so much more about it than I do. But the fact remains that yum update installs things and apt-get update simply updates the database. This caused me considerable confusion. I suggest that you check this before telling me that I am incorrect in believing it. The fact that you are unfamiliar with apt-get update is not strictly relevant here, though if someone who is familiar with it wishes to correct me, I shall be happy to listen. I use aptitude not apt and there are some differences. This may be one such. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201106062014.34665.lisi.re...@gmail.com
