On Tue 10 Feb 2015 at 14:45:43 +0530, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 10 2015,Reco wrote: > > > Since you're going to the trouble of pre-downloading packages > > for dist-upgrade, you might as well pre-download all of them: > > > > apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade > > apt-get update > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > I don't understand, what does the update between the upgrades give me > in the command sequence above?
You really should read the release notes. :) In some cases, doing the full upgrade (as described below) directly might remove large numbers of packages that you will want to keep. We therefore recommend a two-part upgrade process: first a minimal upgrade to overcome these conflicts, then a full upgrade as described in Section 4.4.6, “Upgrading the system”. To do this, first run: # apt-get upgrade This has the effect of upgrading those packages which can be upgraded without requiring any other packages to be removed or installed. > > - From the running X session, unless you're know what you're doing. > > Why? Then how do I upgrade? I'm usually in the KDE desktop terminal > when I try all this. If I'm supposed to do without X, how do I go to > terminal only login? Log out of KDE. CTRL+ALT+F1. Then 'service kdm stop'. Some more reading for opinions on a dist-upgrade within X: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/06/msg02261.html The issue is arguable but for a major step like going from Wheezy to Jessie you have nothing to lose. Some people also recommend checking progress and the state of the system by doing a reboot between an upgrade and a dist-upgrade. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150210110529.ga21...@copernicus.demon.co.uk
