To quote Viktor Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # 98 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not # upgraded. # Need to get 51.6MB of archives. After unpacking 34.8MB will be used. # Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n # Abort. # # My questions are: # 1) There are only 11 new packages in woody? After almost one year of # the potato feature freeze? Granted, I do not have much software # installed, but I would figure that there would be more to upgrade.
Look more closely ;) "98 packages upgraded". :) 11 will be newly installed, but there are 98 upgrades. Seems reasonable if you don't have a whole lot installed. 'apt-get -u dist-upgrade' will show you all the packages that will be upgraded, too. # 3) What's meant by kept back packages? If there is a bit of a dependancy problem, like a new package requiring the removal of an old package(or something like that, not sure), the new package will be "kept back". Use 'apt-get -f -u dist-upgrade', "-f" means "fix dependancies". # 4) How can I get a list of all packages installed (including version # information)? You can use either 'dpkg -l' or 'dpkg-awk' for more verbose output. 'man dpkg' for useful information. David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)