Re: Q: Update from 1.2 to 1.2.14!
On May 13, Timothy Phan wrote
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new user of the Debian distribution and I've purchased a
> 1.2 CD a while back and had some problem installed some of
> the packages onto my system. I'd like to know:
> 1. How do I upgrade this broken 1.2 system to the 1.2.14.
Well, there are 2 ways: either use dpkg -i from the prompt, or use dselect.
> 2. How do I find out what are the updated/changed packages.
Dselect will download the updated changes for you automatically. If you want
to do it the dpkg way, then you will find all updated packages in
/debian/rex-updates. Download and install them.
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