Jonathan and Steve, Thank you so much for explaining :)
Ali On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com>wrote: > On 13/04/13 22:09, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > >> Ali, >> >> On 04/13/2013 01:52 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: >> >> apt-get dist-upgrade can upgrade your Kernel. >>> apt-get upgrade can not. >>> >>> That is all :) >>> >> >> Please do >> >> man apt-get >> >> to understand the difference between apt-get upgrade and apt-get >> dist-upgrade. >> >> Your above statement perhaps happened to be correct for the exact set of >> updates available when you tested, but is not generally correct. >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> From the man pages for apt:- > > upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently > installed on the system from the sources enumerated in > /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently > installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and > installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be > upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be > left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that > apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. > > dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also > intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; > apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to > upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones > if necessary. So, dist-upgrade command may remove some packages. The > /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to > retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism > for overriding the general settings for individual packages. > > -- > Steve > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > -- *Best Regards, amjjawad* *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* Lubuntu One Stop Thread <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| My Launchpad <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad> | My Ubuntu Forum Profile<http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> **
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