On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 08:44:49AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote: > Hello all, > > I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in > Debian that I do routinely in gentoo. > > I've read man apt-get, but didn't find answers to these questions. > What I'm looking for is the equivalent commands in debian to achieve > the same things. > > In gentoo, I routinely perform pretend updates to see what updates > are available, so a process like: > > eix-sync > to synchronizes the local repo with the online one > > eix packagename > shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they > reside in (stable, testing, etc) > > 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. > > Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this? > > Thanks >
apt-get install debian-handbook That should sort many of your questions :) AndyC > > -- > 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/52c6bed1.2010...@libertytrek.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/20140103163352.ga4...@galactic.demon.co.uk
