On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > golfer wrote: > > > >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back > >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, > >> this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing > >> routinely. > > > > The dist-upgrade option is not intended for routine use. Unless you are > > mistaking it for the "upgrade" option, it may be a bug or a deprecated > > feature. An off-line dist-upgrade seems like a problematic feature to > > support. > > Huh? > Consider the (admittedly rare) case - someone with CDs or DVDs and no readily available net access. [This happens to me at work more often than I'd like :( ]
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.BAK ; rm /etc/apt/sources.list Delete the existing CD/DVD entries in /etc/apt/sources.list apt-cdrom add Then add the two DVDs / fourteen CDs in sequence [for human readable purposes, to check you haven't missed one :) - apt itself doesn't care.] apt-get update To update the package lists held by apt apt-get dist-upgrade To upgrade the several thousand packages and files you have on a busy machine in place and in the appropriate order. I did this on a laptop at work the other day - I'd obviously given the owner a snapshot of "testing" back in January or so. Using the Sarge disks from July this year, I moved the machine to current "stable" with no reboot until the end as I changed over the kernel package. Very useful to upgrade in place - (almost) impossible with any other distribution other than Debian (and perhaps Ubuntu). Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]