There have been a lot of writing the last days in a topic (https://forum.siduction.org/index.php?topic=6455.60) in "Upgrade Warnings" about
apt and how to use it on siduction dist-upgrades. Melmarker suggest that it's good to get familiar with apt, that's a good idea. There has been some other posts about this in the past and I tried to find out some and have red a little on The Debian Administrator's Handbook (https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.apt-get.html). I must admit that I don't really understand but I understand that things have changed a bit.
Since the Kanotix time I have learned to use
apt-get update and then
apt-get (
install), (
dist-upgrade) or (
purge) and so on.
Is it recommender to allways use
apt instead of
apt-get in siduction now? And shall we then do
apt full-upgrade instead of
apt-get dist-upgrade?
After reading in
man apt I got this, do I understand right?
- apt upgrade is upgrading installed packages and install new ones if it's necessary but will not remove any packages.
- apt full-upgrade (the same as apt dist-upgrade) is doing the same as apt upgrade but will also remove packages if it's needed (this is the recommended command to use with siduction dist-upgrade?)
Would be nice to have some comments about this, thanks.
http://www.howtogeek.com/234583/simplify-command-line-package-management-with-apt-instead-of-apt-get/
A couple more reads
http://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples/
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lts-debian-linux-apt-command-examples/
http://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/
Quote from: piper on 2016/12/03, 01:18:08
http://www.howtogeek.com/234583/simplify-command-line-package-management-with-apt-instead-of-apt-get/ (http://www.howtogeek.com/234583/simplify-command-line-package-management-with-apt-instead-of-apt-get/)
A couple more reads
http://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples/ (http://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples/)
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lts-debian-linux-apt-command-examples/ (https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-lts-debian-linux-apt-command-examples/)
http://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/ (http://www.tecmint.com/apt-advanced-package-command-examples-in-ubuntu/)
Thank you piper, that was good reading, among other thing I learned that I now can use
apt deb instead of
dpkg -i to install a single debian package
you will be disapointed trying to follow the examples in the last link as they only work with latest Ubuntu.
Quote from: devil on 2016/12/03, 14:56:04
you will be disapointed trying to follow the examples in the last link as they only work with latest Ubuntu.
Ok, thank you devil, this is one of the difficulties when I try to learn a little on Internet, a huge amount of information, but how to know what's relevant for my purpose?
In this case I only want to know how to manage my computers with siduction on.
So again, shall we now use
apt instead of
apt-get?
apt full-upgrade is the same as
apt dist-upgrade and that shall be used for du or?
Quote from: devil on 2016/12/03, 14:56:04
you will be disapointed trying to follow the examples in the last link as they only work with latest Ubuntu.
Yes true, that slipped in there from my notes :( which is now deleted
vilde
I use
apt update && apt full-upgrade -d
I have had good luck " said modestly" using both apt full-upgrade "unless it wants to remove a list of programs" then I use apt upgrade. I have found that in so doing I can keep my systems up to date until a full-upgrade only removes those packages that are out dated. Knock on wood it seems to be working for me, would appreciate your feedback.
Tom