Re: apt-get
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On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, J Horacio MG wrote:
> > To the first part of the question:
> >
> > Change stable to unstable or potato in the /etc/apt/sources.list, which
> > makes apt-get aware of the newer packages...
>
> Right, I guess `potato' makes more sense as `unstable' will be one of
> these days "very unstable" (sid?).
potato and unstable are right now still the same, but when potato is
released (e.g. becomes the new stable), the symbolic link unstable in the
debian archives will point to the new unstable, what ever this will be
(I heard some rumors about woody or so).
> > The following should work:
> >
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get install package1 package2 package3 ...
> >
> > apt-get should only upgrade the packages needed to install package1,
> > package2 and so on and keep the other back.
>
> Does the order matter? In the list of packages I have, many are there
> because others depend on it. I mean, I could be listing one program as
> package1 (which may depend on glibc2.1), and then somewhere along the
> line list glibc2.1 as well... I hope it won't reinstall or something
> (well, since dpkg doesn't install unless it's an upgrade...)
AFAIK order doesn't mater...
Martin
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