Thanks guys very helpful. Another question, What will ubuntu moving to a rolling release do to the QAteam?
Istimsak Abdulbasir On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:06 PM, José Antonio Rey <joseeanton...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > And sudo do-release-upgrade upgrades the release itself. > > On 04/14/2013 07:03 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > > From the man pages for apt:- > > > > *sudo apt-get upgrade* > > * > > * > > *upgrade *is used to install the newest versions of all packages > > currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in > > /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions > > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are > > currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed > > retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages > > that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another > > package will be left at their current version. An update must be > > performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are > > available. > > > > *sudo apt-get dist-upgrade* > > * > > **dist-upgrade* in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also > > intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of > > packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will > > attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less > > important ones if necessary. So, dist-upgrade command may remove some > > packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations > > from which to retrieve desired package files. See also > > apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings > > for individual packages. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir > > <saqman2...@gmail.com <mailto:saqman2...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Is this right command to update a ubuntu system? > > > > sudo dist-upgrade #not sure if I spelled it right > > > > What is the difference from apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade? > > > > Istimak Abdulbasir > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto: > Ubuntu-quality@lists.ubuntu.com> > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Best Regards, > > amjjawad* > > *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* > > Lubuntu One Stop Thread > > <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| My Launchpad > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad>| My Ubuntu Forum Profile > > <http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> > > ** > > > > > > > -- > José Antonio Rey >
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