Re: selective apt-get upgrade options
"wsykes.lists" <wsykes.lists@deepnines.com> writes:
> I am would like to use apt-get upgrade, but with the ability to choose which
> packages i can upgrade. For example when i type apt-get upgrade i get a huge
> list of packages most of which i dont care to upgrade.
>
> Is there a way to do a selective apt-get upgrade?
If you use aptitude, it's easy to get a listing of packages to be
upgraded and pick which ones you want to put on hold or actually
upgrade. You could also use 'apt-get install' to install individual
packages and their dependencies, but this isn't necessarily what you
want.
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