Re: Q: Using apt-get upgrade-Any way to get list first? Solved!
Thanks for the feedback. Someone had earlier also suggested using apt(get -u upgrade to get the list and it worked. I'll keep yours on file as well. Jonathan -- "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
Re: Q: Using apt-get upgrade-Any way to get list first?
Use a frontend like capt (console-apt) or aptitude. They show you a list of packages to be updated. Aptitude puts the packages to be upgraded in reverse cyan and sets the "SA" field to iu. Capt (package console-apt) will put them into the second list from the top--headed Installed packages (newer version is available). Another quick thing to do is go ahead and upgrade, just say n when asked to continue, then you have a list of what is being upgraded, and you can apt-get install the packages in the priority system you see most fit. Of course, probably the best thing to do if you have issues with large downloads is to stay with stable, then your daily d/l is pretty much guaranteed to be small except when they have "point release" days. YMMV, HTH, HAND, etc On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Jonathan Gift wrote: > Using apt-get upgrade on my http line I get 44 packages and 23MB, now > ona 56k It I'll be here until Xmas, so is therea way of seeig what it > wants to upgarde and can I then just specify that package? > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Q: Using apt-get upgrade-Any way to get list first?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Using apt-get upgrade on my http line I get 44 packages and 23MB, now > ona 56k It I'll be here until Xmas, so is therea way of seeig what it > wants to upgarde and can I then just specify that package? A couple ways of doing that: * apt-get -u upgrade will tell you what it will basically do * running "apt-get -d -y -u upgrade" overnight should do a download-only upgrade - the packages won't be installed until you do "apt-get upgrade" - this is what I did until I got a cable modem. - -- - -- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC GPG key id: 50DE1CFC GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6MoBg/ZTSZFDeHPwRAr15AJ9YNrGzmi1RNBCmvV4cXljLzFXWHgCbBJXf FLk9DctElEBz+vjupC7ruzo= =5lUT -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Q: Using apt-get upgrade-Any way to get list first?
Using apt-get upgrade on my http line I get 44 packages and 23MB, now ona 56k It I'll be here until Xmas, so is therea way of seeig what it wants to upgarde and can I then just specify that package? Thanks, Jonathan -- "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
