Re: Debian Questions on apt-get
On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 10:08:45PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Just out of curiosity: is there an equivalent for 'apt-get update'
> (checking for updates without actually installing them)?
"apt-get update" doesn't check for updates without actually installing them: it
updates the local cache of package information.
There is no real yum equivalent for "apt-get update": nearly all yum commands
perform a package info cache update before running (which is why it can be very
slow).
"yum check-update" will update the local package cache and tell you which
installed packages could be updated.
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Jon Dowland
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