Re: apt-get upgrade won't
try:
dselect update
apt-get dist-upgrade
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Sincerely,
David Smead
http://www.amplepower.com.
On 20 Apr 2002, Dan Griswold wrote:
> Gary Turner <kk5st@swbell.net> writes:
>
> > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 07:28:23 -0500, Dan Griswold wrote:
> >
> > >Just a guess: could you try apt-get dist-upgrade instead?
> >
> > Thanks for the response, Dan. No glory though. I did also try using
> > dselect. Everything looks like it's downloading and it asks for config
> > info. Then nada. No new man pages install, and the new pkgs cannot be
> > found.
> >
>
> Just thrashing around here (so I hope someone more knowledgeable jumps
> in soon :o ) -- does it help to do apt-get clean, then apt-get
> dist-upgrade again ? That might rebuild some links.
>
> > More info-- apt-cache show works, and dpkg -l does not. Don't they read
> > from the same file? (/var/lib/dpkg/available) Doesn't this suggest that
> > some kind of link is broken?
>
> Need a little more info, because, strictly speaking, apt-cache show
> and dpkg -l are not equivalents. That would instead be dpkg -p , I
> would think.
>
> > I need some help here. :^(
>
> I'm trying, but I fear I've not been enough of a help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dan
>
>
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