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Topic: apt-get upgrade dist-upgrade

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guille

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Posted: April 15 2004,16:45

What is for apt-get upgrade? What's difference with apt-get dist-upgrade?
Can I avoid downloading dsl 0.6.3 and upgrade my 0.6.2 with some of those comands?

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Grim

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Posted: April 15 2004,19:28

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Can I avoid downloading dsl 0.6.3 and upgrade my 0.6.2 with some of those comands?

No. Damn Small is not derived purely from Debian, if you 'apt-get install' the wrong application you may break something, for instance, the X servers. However, this may be fixed in a distant future release.

Apt-get upgrade--upgrades what you have on the system already but doesn't introduce new packages unless absolutely necessary.

Apt-get dist-upgrade--upgrades everything on your system and resolves any new dependancies as well, thus introducing more new stuff to your system.

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guille

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Posted: April 15 2004,19:53

Thanks Grim, and by the way: what is preferable:
update an existing distro or download and install the new version (I'm just thinking in new 0.6.3... )

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Grim

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Posted: April 16 2004,08:43

I haven't downloaded the 0.6.3 release yet, but it addresses many of the common problems users have been having (as shown by the number of repeated questions throughout the forum).

If I were you, I would download, burn and install the newer version. Damn Small isn't ready yet for dist-upgrade. We need to set up a repository server and pin apt to use a Damn Small server for packages that, if you were to upgrade elsewhere, would break the distro.

I think you'll be happier with 0.6.3 and you're less likely to break something you need (like the X servers) just to get something simple updated.

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