Re: difficulties updating Etch
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 07:31:21AM -0500, Preston Boyington <preston.lists@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> actually you can do:
>
> apt-get <install or dist-upgrade> --dry-run
>
> and it will show you exactly what will happen. since i have started
> using aptitude for my package manager i now try to use:
>
> aptitude --simulate install foo
>
> of course all this is done with the 'sudo' command.
There's no need to run "aptitude -s" as a superuser, and I would
recommend against it in order to avoid accidental slipups...
Daniel
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