On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 08:44:49 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. > > eix-sync > to synchronizes the local repo with the online one
apt-get update > eix packagename > shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they > reside in (stable, testing, etc) apt-cache <packagename> and apt-cache policy <packagename> > emerge --pretend -vuDN world > results in a list of all available updates, as well as any > dependencies that would be installed, which I can then pick and > choose from. I usually wait until newly available updates have been > available for at least a few days before installing them, to avoid > nasty surprises. apt-get upgrade -s or apt-get dist-upgrade -s The '-s' can be omitted if more than one package is to installed. > Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this? apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8). -- 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/20140103141633.gm5...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
