As a matter of principle, I generally run apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, and apt-get dist-upgrade regularly.
Andy On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> wrote: > David, > Research apt-get dist-upgrade. Read the man page and this article... > > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/apt-get-question-dist-upgrade-vs-upgrade-219920/ > > Andy > > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 8:00 PM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Alan, >> >> That looks like a good way to approach this. I will give that a spin. >> >> 73, >> Dave >> KU4B >> >> >> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:51 -0500, Allen Minix wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:42 PM, David R. Wilson <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > Hello Alan, >> > >> > I was somewhat hesitant to rock that boat until I had the >> > chance to back >> > everything up before blowing up the box. >> > >> > Dave >> > KU4B >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 18:35 -0500, Allen Minix wrote: >> > > On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 6:11 PM, David R. Wilson >> > <[email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > Hi guys (and gals), >> > > >> > > Without upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04.1 I am trying to >> > update >> > > 12.04.1 >> > > Ubuntu. I have an error from the package manager: >> > > >> > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> > > >> > > libreoffice: Depends: libreoffice-core (= >> > > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu1~precise1) but >> > > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is installed >> > > libreoffice-base: Depends: libreoffice-base-core (= >> > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but >> > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is >> > > installed >> > > Depends: libreoffice-base-drivers >> > (= >> > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but >> > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is >> > > installed >> > > Depends: libreoffice-core (= >> > > 1:4.3.0-0ubuntu1~precise1) but >> > 1:4.3.0-3ubuntu2~precise1 is >> > > installed >> > > libreoffice-base-drivers: libreoffice-core: >> > > >> > > I have tried >> > > apt-get remove -f libreoffice >> > > and >> > > apt-get install -f >> > > and >> > > apt-get install -f libreoffice >> > > >> > > >> > > I have also tried fixing packages with Synaptic and >> > all seem >> > > to fail >> > > with unmet dependencies. >> > > >> > > Any good ideas? If I had a big USB drive I would >> > backup the >> > > system and >> > > try the upgrade, but at the moment I don't. >> > > >> > > Dave >> > > >> > > >> > > Dave - >> > > >> > > >> > > Have you tried apt-get dselect-upgrade or upgrading through >> > aptitude? >> > > I have had situations like this where either of the two >> > would give >> > > some useful info due to slightly different package >> > install/upgrade >> > > candidates. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com >> > >> > > -- >> > >> > >> > >> > Understood... --dry-run will just print the the proposed changes. I >> > get a bit gun shy when I don't have a good backout option as well, so >> > I know exactly where you're coming from. >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Allen Minix / KM4DCZ >> > >> > >> > >> > Check out my blog! - http://thefatpenguin.blogspot.com >> > -- >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "NLUG" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
