On Friday 03 Sep 2010 10:12:23 Alan Pope wrote: > On 3 September 2010 10:09, Steve Fisher <xirco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am a Mandriva refugee! I know rpm inside out, but not apt. When I > > issue the above, sometimes I see e.g.: > > 26 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 132 not upgraded. (KDE > > updates coming down). > > If I use the gui or synaptic, it will let me update fully. Why won't it > > do it from a terminal? > > It will if you use the right command :) > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > If you do "sudo apt-get upgrade" then it wont upgrade any packages > that are dependant on something you don't currently have installed > (i.e. a new dependency). a 'dist-upgrade' will install those > additional packages. > > Cheers, > Al.
I usually do sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade but that doens't always work. Just now I was told that something like 130 updates were held back so I had to use aptitude full-upgrade instead which pulled in a couple more dependancies. -- Registered Linux User #466407 http://counter.li.org
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