On Saturday, 10 Apr 2021 at 10:05, David Christensen wrote: > When I want to upgrade, re-install, or install packages, I start with > 'apt-get update'.
Yes, did that. > I would have done 'apt-get upgrade ...' instead of 'apt install > ...'. I then reboot. Not sure if you are saying to upgrade all packages or to use 'upgrade firefox-esr'? If the former, I did not want to do that. Although I use Debian testing, I treat it with respect and only upgrade when I really need something that has changed (or for security reasons). > If I want to re-install a package for whatever reason, I do 'apt-get > remove ...' or 'apt-get purge ...'. If I'm suspicious, I > reboot. Then I do 'apt-get install ...' and reboot. Yes, I guess I could be extreme and try this if everything else fails. Thank you. -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50 & org 9.4.4 on Debian bullseye/sid
