Re: Synaptic options will not tick

[Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

I've done it again - twice.  I clearly need some dark black coffee to wake me 
up. :-(

So sorry, Mark.

On Thursday 09 June 2011 08:07:16 Lisi wrote:
> From:
> Lisi <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>
>   To:
> mark.panen@gmail.com
>   Date:
> Today 08:07:16
>    
>
> On Thursday 09 June 2011 03:20:32 Mark Panen wrote:
> > I have done a fresh install of 6.0.0 KDE amd64, i added the 6.0.1a DVD
> > but synaptic nor aptitude will not update, how do i update from the
> > 6.0.1 a DVD?
>
> I have no idea how to update from 6.0.1a!  I thought that you said that you
> had done it, so I thought it must be a gap in my knowledge that you had
> read about!!
>
> Have you tried apt-get dist-upgrade?  (If you have already answered this
> and I have forgotten your answer, I aplologise.)  If not, try it.  It could
> solve your problem.
>
> If that doesn't work, try installing again from 6.0.1a. rather than 6.0.0.
>  I think that we may have found the root of your problem.  There were
> problems with 6.0.0, which is why 6.0.1 was released so soon after the
> release of 6 itself.  There may be no upgrades for it.  I would, however,
> have expected 6.0.0 to upgrade to 6.0.1a. :-/
>
> If installing from 6.0.1a doesn't solve the problem, try 6.0.1 itself.  And
> if that doesn't work, feel free to howl with frustration. :-(
>
> Lisi