Hi,
I am trying to upgrade the current setup and I am unable to
understand the differences between aptitude vs. apt-get usage.
When I do apt-get -s upgrade, I get
myth2 [rramesh] 100 > sudo apt-get -s upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libasound2-plugins
libavcodec58 libavformat58 libavresample4 libavutil56 libchromaprint1
libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libswresample3 libswscale5
linux-image-amd64
mythtv-frontend
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Clearly nothing is going to be done. However aptitude -s safe-upgrade
shows that it will install these.
myth2 [rramesh] 101 > sudo aptitude -s safe-upgrade
Resolving dependencies...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libcdio19{a} libfaac0{a} libfdk-aac2{a} libilbc2{a} libkvazaar4{a}
liblrdf0{a} libmfx1{a} libopenh264-5{a} libx264-157{a} libx265-176{a}
linux-image-4.19.0-12-amd64{a}
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libcdio18{u} libcrystalhd3{u} libssh-gcrypt-4{u} libvpx5{u}
libx264-155{u} libx265-165{u}
The following packages will be upgraded:
gstreamer1.0-gl gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly libasound2-plugins
libavcodec58 libavformat58 libavresample4 libavutil56 libchromaprint1
libgstreamer-gl1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0
libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libswresample3 libswscale5
linux-image-amd64
17 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 6 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 72.9 MB of archives. After unpacking 270 MB will be used.
Note: Using 'Simulate' mode.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Would download/install/remove packages.
This makes me wonder if it is better to use aptitude over apt-get. Why
these differences? What is the correct way to maintain a working system
and still keep the system up to date.
Regards
Ramesh
