Re: apt-get; all messed up by update...
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:19:17 -0500
Gregory Guthrie <guthrie@mum.edu> wrote:
> I have a Woody system that has been running for over a year now without
> much change, and I just tried to do an apt-update, and then apt-upgrade,
> and the whole thing seems to be totally messed up. (see below)
>
> I hope I can recover it, as I have had apt do this to me several times
> over the past years, and had to completely re-load a few times. Why does
> this happen? Is apt too fragile..?
If you've been running for over a year without updating, you're probably
using a pre-release version of Woody.
Aptitude is a good program. You can use it instead of dselect to browse
package descriptions and select packages for installation/removal/purging.
You can also use it from the command line similar to apt-get ("aptitude
update"; "aptitude dist-upgrade").
You probably should consider using dist-upgrade instead of upgrade; this
will accommodate changes in packaging. If for example, a package named
"mypackage" were split into "mypackage" and "mypackage-lib", upgrade
wouldn't work because it doesn't install any new packages (mypackage-lib
being a new package).
Others more knowledgeable than I will add to this. :)
Kevin
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