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Re: Debian testing can't tab to desktop?



Thanks, I did a quick search and found the Wiki.  I agree, it gives bad advice.  Thanks.


On 4/4/25 13:47, Paul Gevers wrote:
Hi,

On 03-04-2025 23:05, Chevelle wrote:
I was following the instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting

It is true, I didn't use a 'full-upgrade' because I thought the upgrade succeeded.


Hmm, that Wiki seems to be giving bad advice. $(apt upgrade) will only do a *part* of the upgrade, as it will only upgrade packages that don't need new packages or that will not cause other packages to be removed. As every upgrade from one release to the next involves lots of library transitions, it's always expect that you need to run $(apt full-upgrade) or $(apt dist-upgrade). You *can* run $(apt upgrade) first to do things in reasonable pieces. For an official advice, please read the release notes: https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html (or the draft for trixie: https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/upgrading.en.html)

After I realized all the packages weren't there, I kept installing more.  If the upgrade stops without any obvious error, you seem to have to run it again to know if it failed, unless I missed something.


That's not the design, as explained above.

Sorry, I'm not sure why quickemu. deletes Caja.


Most likely because it was missing new versions of libraries it depended on.

Paul



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