On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 07:37:03PM +0530, Balamurugan wrote: > I tried 'apt-get update' but didn't tried 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. I > have simply installed the Debian 7.0(Wheezy), imported the debian > repositories near to india and just ran the below: > > apt-get update > apt-get install libstdc++ > > It had libstdc++6 installed already. I expected either it would > update to the latest libstdc++ else say the existing package itself > is latest but unfortunately it gave the mentioned error.
How can it say the existing package is the latest if no such package exists to begin with? > > I have another machine which has CentOS 6.4. In that I ran 'yum > install libstdc++' and it said the existing package is the latest. CentOS and debian are two different distributions which do various things differently. > Hence I felt something is wrong in my Debian 7.0 (Wheezy). No, nothing wrong unless you're seeing a specific problem related to the standard c++ library. > > Doesn't the command 'apt-get dist-upgrade' will do Debian version > upgrade (distribution) or will it upgrade libstdc++? > It will do both if there is a newer version of the standard c++ library. The apt-get man page explains all this. > Sorry for too many confusions in my mail. I am new in using the > debian package maintenance system. No problem, we were all new at this at one time. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org -- 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/20130906230735.ga31...@gregn.net
