Re: Has debian an online updater?
Hello
Tamer Higazi wrote:
> I am interested to get Debian GNU Linux but i am not sure because i have
> asked myself if Debian Linux has a way for updating the system online. I
> have on my machine SuSE Linux 8.2 running and i have the chance to
> update my system with one click when i am online. The Yast2 Online
> Updater updates the packages if there is something new.
>
> How about Debian?! Is there a Online Updater where i click ones and the
> system is updated for example to a newer version KDE / Gnome or a new X
> windows Server?
I don't know if there is any program that lets you Do this with one click,
however you probably want to use apt for this. Take a look at the apt
howto: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
There are different ways of updating/upgrading:
1. security updates
Make sure the server for security updates is in your sources.list. See
http://www.debian.org/security/ for more information.
2. newer program versions using backports
Newer versions of many programs, including XFree 4.3, KDE 3 and Gnome 2
are available as backports for the stable distribution. Go to
http://www.apt-get.org and see if you find what you are looking for.
3. upgrading to testing or unstable
You can switch completeley to the testing or unstable version of Debian,
giving you access to the newest versions of packages available for
Debian. However, this may affect the stability and security of your
system, because sometimes things break in the testing or unstable
distributions, and they are also not officially supported by the Debian
security team.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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