El vie, 12 de nov de 1999, a las 04:44:56 +0200, Martin Fluch dijo: > > On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: > > > And just how does apt (or apt-get) work for upgrading from slink to > > potato? (I'm not trying to be lazy here, I do read the manual pages for > > apt-get and sources.list, but I'd like to get some help from someone who > > has already experienced it ... BTW, should there be an apt command and > > an apt manpage? I just have apt-get and apt-cache). > > To the later question: the most recent apt package under potato contains > the following binaries manpages: > > /usr/bin/apt-cache > /usr/bin/apt-cdrom > /usr/bin/apt-config > /usr/bin/apt-get > /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/apt-cdrom.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/apt-config.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/apt.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man8/apt-cache.8.gz > /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > /usr/share/man/man5/sources.list.5.gz
Well, that may be only in potato since I only have binaries and manpages for both apt-get and apt-cache (+ source.list manpage) > To the first part of the question: > > Change stable to unstable or potato in the /etc/apt/sources.list, which > makes apt-get aware of the newer packages... Right, I guess `potato' makes more sense as `unstable' will be one of these days "very unstable" (sid?). > > Dependencies, pre-dependencies, and interdependencies are just a bit too > > hard to deal with for a major upgrade, so I'd like to give apt a try, at > > least for a partial upgrade (a total upgrade is just too expensive > > except for USers). I attach a file with the packages I want to upgrade > > (based on my previous attempt); could anyone tell me how to do this > > with apt or apt-get? > > The following should work: > > apt-get update > apt-get install package1 package2 package3 ... > > apt-get should only upgrade the packages needed to install package1, > package2 and so on and keep the other back. Does the order matter? In the list of packages I have, many are there because others depend on it. I mean, I could be listing one program as package1 (which may depend on glibc2.1), and then somewhere along the line list glibc2.1 as well... I hope it won't reinstall or something (well, since dpkg doesn't install unless it's an upgrade...) I hope this time will work. Thanks Martin! -- Horacio Anno MMDCCLII ad Urbe condita mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Spain ~Spanje ~ Spanien -------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = F4EE AE5E 2F01 0DB3 62F2 A9F4 AD31 7093 4233 7AE6
