Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management
On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 08:44:49 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
> I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in
> Debian that I do routinely in gentoo.
>
> eix-sync
> to synchronizes the local repo with the online one
apt-get update
> eix packagename
> shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they
> reside in (stable, testing, etc)
apt-cache <packagename>
and
apt-cache policy <packagename>
> emerge --pretend -vuDN world
> results in a list of all available updates, as well as any
> dependencies that would be installed, which I can then pick and
> choose from. I usually wait until newly available updates have been
> available for at least a few days before installing them, to avoid
> nasty surprises.
apt-get upgrade -s
or
apt-get dist-upgrade -s
The '-s' can be omitted if more than one package is to installed.
> Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this?
apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8).
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