Re: apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-02 Thread Brian Cluff
ply new programs added while you were doing the first upgrade. There is so much software in the repositories that it's extremely likely they are any moment something you have loaded is getting updated. Brian Cluff On 04/01/2015 10:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

Re: apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-02 Thread Stephen Partington
he first upgrade. There is so much software in the > repositories that it's extremely likely they are any moment something you > have loaded is getting updated. > > Brian Cluff > > On 04/01/2015 10:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> yeah. but why did apt-get upgrade it af

Re: apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-02 Thread Brian Cluff
e you were doing the first upgrade. There is so much software in the repositories that it's extremely likely they are any moment something you have loaded is getting updated. Brian Cluff On 04/01/2015 10:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: yeah. but why did apt-get upgrade it after I had alread

Re: apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-01 Thread Michael Havens
yeah. but why did apt-get upgrade it after I had already upgraded with synaptic? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:07 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > the update refreshes your package cache. that would mean there were > changes between the last time and this time you updated the cache.

Re: apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-01 Thread James Mcphee
at all was well. for some reason I decided to run > 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade' and more files upgraded. why?? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To su

apt-get upgrade vs synaptic

2015-04-01 Thread Michael Havens
you know, I merrily did an upgrade with synaptic and the little icon by the clock showed that all was well. for some reason I decided to run 'apt-get update' 'apt-get upgrade' and more files upgraded. why?? :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-

Re: apt-get upgrade

2014-12-19 Thread Michael Havens
;>> Any packages that don't have a newer version in the repo that you >>>> currently have installed. What it actually installs is entirely determined >>>> by your distribution (guessing you're running Ubuntu since it's common and >>>> uses a

Re: apt-get upgrade

2014-12-18 Thread Michael Havens
M, Todd Millecam wrote: >>> >>> Any packages that don't have a newer version in the repo that you >>> currently have installed. What it actually installs is entirely determined >>> by your distribution (guessing you're running Ubuntu since it's co

Re: apt-get upgrade

2014-12-18 Thread Michael Havens
. What it actually installs is entirely determined >> by your distribution (guessing you're running Ubuntu since it's common and >> uses aptitude), so the guys in charge of Ubuntu determine what does and >> doesn't get upgraded with that command. apt-get upgrade will,

Re: apt-get upgrade

2014-12-18 Thread Stephen Partington
ined > by your distribution (guessing you're running Ubuntu since it's common and > uses aptitude), so the guys in charge of Ubuntu determine what does and > doesn't get upgraded with that command. apt-get upgrade will, in fact > upgrade your kernel if there is a kernel package

Re: apt-get upgrade

2014-12-18 Thread Todd Millecam
oes and doesn't get upgraded with that command. apt-get upgrade will, in fact upgrade your kernel if there is a kernel package in your repo. Also, some distros will even download firmware packages and install them (but usually not the bios). Also, without running an update there's no way

apt-get upgrade

2014-12-18 Thread Michael Havens
what doesn't 'apt-get upgrade' uh,.. what doesn't it upgrade? 1- the kernel 2- the BIOS (which doesn't really count since it isn't part of the OS) 3- ? :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@l