update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread mike
today when my update manger ran (on my lenny system) it said it couldn't update normally, I had to run apt-get dist-upgrade to get the openoffice and a few other applications installed. My question is, What makes those different? Why not just a normal upgrade? thanks -mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:50:16 -0400 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, My question is, What makes those different? Why not just a normal upgrade? $DEITY knows; I managed it with a normal upgrade. What update manager are you using? -- Regards _ / ) The blindingly

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread Graham
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:50:16 -0400 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: today when my update manger ran (on my lenny system) it said it couldn't update normally, I had to run apt-get dist-upgrade to get the openoffice and a few other applications installed. My question is, What makes those

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread mike
Brad Rogers wrote: On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:50:16 -0400 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, My question is, What makes those different? Why not just a normal upgrade? $DEITY knows; I managed it with a normal upgrade. What update manager are you using? update-manager I

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread mike
Graham wrote: On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:50:16 -0400 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: today when my update manger ran (on my lenny system) it said it couldn't update normally, I had to run apt-get dist-upgrade to get the openoffice and a few other applications installed. My question is, What makes

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:47:05 -0400 mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello mike, update-manager I think. it automatically runs and has an icon on the top left part of the screen with a bubble that tells me there I don't know that one. Anyhow, I think Graham's answer is probably what you need

Re: update manger question

2008-04-13 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
mike wrote: today when my update manger ran (on my lenny system) it said it couldn't update normally, I had to run apt-get dist-upgrade to get the openoffice and a few other applications installed. My question is, What makes those different? Why not just a normal upgrade? man apt-get and