Re: apt question
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>Mark Healey wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Did you "apt-get update" first? If not, you need to.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Thanks. I could swear that wasn't in the man page.
>>
>>
>>
>enjae[westk]:/home/westk> man apt-get
>. . .
>DESCRIPTION
> apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may
>be con-
>. . .
> update update is used to resynchronize the package index
>files from
>. . .
> updated packages is available. *An update should always
>be per-
> formed before an upgrade or dist-upgrade.* Please be
>aware that
>
>
>(Emphasis added.) But of course, this is on a sid box; it may not be in
>the stable version of the man page. And even so, it's quite easy to miss.
No, I think I'm just going blind.
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