And sudo do-release-upgrade upgrades the release itself. On 04/14/2013 07:03 PM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote: > From the man pages for apt:- > > *sudo apt-get upgrade* > * > * > *upgrade *is used to install the newest versions of all packages > currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in > /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are > currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed > retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages > that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another > package will be left at their current version. An update must be > performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are > available. > > *sudo apt-get dist-upgrade* > * > **dist-upgrade* in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also > intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of > packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will > attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less > important ones if necessary. So, dist-upgrade command may remove some > packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations > from which to retrieve desired package files. See also > apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings > for individual packages. > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Istimsak Abdulbasir > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Is this right command to update a ubuntu system? > > sudo dist-upgrade #not sure if I spelled it right > > What is the difference from apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade? > > Istimak Abdulbasir > > -- > Ubuntu-quality mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-quality > > > > > -- > *Best Regards, > amjjawad* > *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/* > Lubuntu One Stop Thread > <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1844755>| My Launchpad > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eamjjawad>| My Ubuntu Forum Profile > <http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=941822> > ** > >
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