Adam Funk wrote: > On 2006-12-14, chombee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 11:34 +0000, Adam Funk wrote: >> >>> On 2006-12-14, chombee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Upgrade using the graphical update manager, +not+ apt-get. It is not >>>> equivalent anymore, sadly. >>>> >>> What about aptitude? >>> >> Not sure. I think I remember hearing that Debian now officially >> recommends aptitude for dist-upgrades. I don't know if it works with >> Ubuntu though. I don't think so. >> > > Hmm. I've dist-upgraded from breezy to dapper and from dapper to edgy > using it. The second one was a bit rough: it worked much better on > the second computer (over ssh) than on the first (in xterm in an XFCE4 > session). > > I prefer to rely on console rather than GUI tools for upgrading.... > > > I recently (a few hours ago) upgraded my test box from edgy to feisty, I'd used apt-get to get dapper to edgy (which was fun), but this time I used aptitude and it went (relatively) smoothly. It's especially good at resolving dependency issues and will give you several solutions with scores for each. It was smoother than apt-get anyway.
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