On Wed 07 Dec 2022 at 11:53:23 (-0700), Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2022 02:08:09 +0800 Bret Busby wrote: > > > … it is my understanding, in > > thinking about it further, after I had suggested running apt install, > > that the correct, or, recommended procedure, before installing any > > additional packages, is to always, first, run apt update, to ensure > > that the cache is always updated, before attempting to either upgrade > > the system, or, to install any additional packages, as a standard > > operating procedure. > > > > Could someone please confirm or correct this perception? > > A a general rule, confirm. It can't hurt (other than the time it takes) > and might help a lot. You should use the same tool to update that you > use to upgrade.
Does synaptic not use the same lists as APT? I thought it was merely a frontend (some screens of which look very like the pre-APT dselect from the last century). > E.g.: > > apt update && apt upgrade > > A daily cron job to do the update or daily auto upgrades should be > sufficient. Bret Busby having earlier written: > I recently installed a package using apt install,m that synaptic did not > find by searching. As a synaptic user at times, can I ask you whether synaptic auto-updates the repository lists when you perform a search? [I take it "m" is just a typo.] Looking at the help files that synaptic presumably uses, I would say that the labelling the Update button with "Reload Package Information" makes it seem like a heavier operation than it is (or ought to be). One might think it's going to re-download all 152MB (Debian bullseye) of the lists, whereas it's usually a fraction of that, eg today: Hit:1 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security InRelease Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye InRelease Hit:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates InRelease basically, nothing. Cheers, David.
