Re: Updating with dselect
Shaleh wrote:
>
> Paul mentioned this and I have been wondering -- what is the best
> procedure to update from an ftp via dselect? How do I upgrade a package
> I already have installed? I have only seen an add and a remove option.
> Where is 'upgrade'? I am now a month old Debian user and I still am
> impressed. Great job guys, keep it up.
If you get your net access working and choose the ftp access method and
point it to ftp.debian.org or a nearby mirror, it will work mostly by
itself. Dselect retrieves a list will recent packages information and
compares that with the information it has on the packages on your
system.
If a package that is installed on your system has a version number lower
than the version on the ftp archive, dselect will automatically try to
download the package and install it. Unless you mark it "on hold". If
you
are going to use dselect's ftp mode, it is best to put every installed
package on hold first, because otherwise you might risk starting a 30 h.
ftp session.
Joost
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