On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:18:41 +1000, terryc wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:33:56 +0200 > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The right command is apt full-upgrade. > > > > The main difference between full-upgrade and upgrade is > > full-upgrade also delete dependencies which are no longer used. ..doh! > > I guess that the older version apt-get dist-upgrade does do > > something similar. > > Weirdly, I've never heard of apt full-upgrade. ..possibly a case of not paying attention when reading manpages, or in my case today, not reading all of todays posts in this thread before posting on things I didn't recall. ;oD > It is always been; > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > and occasionally one of the upgrades will suggest > sudo apr autoremove ..playing around with all the "apt family members" helps you find solutions whenever any of the members fails to solve a dependency etc puzzle. ..pick a favorite goto member and use that as your "daily driver" to keep your apt depencency puzzle database manageable, and keep yourself proficient on the other members so you can use those to find solutions whenever your goto member fails to solve a puzzle. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
