dev <[email protected]> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could offer some clarity on how best to apply > patches on Debian derived systems? There are so many options across apt-get > and aptitude... I cannot make sense of them all: > > apt-get upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade > apt-get safe-upgrade > aptitude upgrade > aptitude safe-upgrade > aptitude full-upgrade > > The man pages tell about the different options, but I don't know if removing > packages to resolve dependencies is a good thing or not. > > Then I found the link below[1] explaining that 'aptitude' is the tool to use > on Debian while other information[2] suggests that 'apt-get' is the tool to > use so I'm confused and hoping some of you generous folks could provide some > insight here or at least admit you are as confused as I am.
I've never felt any need to depart from apt-get. Normally just "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" - or dist-upgrade in situations like the one in the second link you posted. As to removing packages, when that will only happen if one is no longer needed - well actually if it needs to be removed. If a package is just "no longer needed" then apt will spit out a notice to that effect. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
