Re: using apt to upgrade from 1.3 to 2.0
On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Carlo U. Segre wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> I have a dozen or so debian boxes which I have been reluctant to upgrade
> up to now. I read in the apt README that it can be used to do a major
> upgrade such as the 1.3 to 2.0. I have been unsuccessful up to now but
> maybe it is just my ignorance. The problems I am encountering are that
> the only version of apt that I can find 0.1.8 which requires libc6 in
> order to work at all. This means that I need to use the autoup script
> before trying apt-get. This is not what I understood from the README but
> maybe it is the only way.
You need to fetch the APT from the upgrade-i386 directory,
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/upgrade-i386/apt_0.1.4.bo_i386.deb
Yes it is a bit old but it will do the job.
Jason
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