Re: New to Debian (Gentoo user) - package management
On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 08:44:49AM -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have some questions about how to do certain maintenance tasks in
> Debian that I do routinely in gentoo.
>
> I've read man apt-get, but didn't find answers to these questions.
> What I'm looking for is the equivalent commands in debian to achieve
> the same things.
>
> In gentoo, I routinely perform pretend updates to see what updates
> are available, so a process like:
>
> eix-sync
> to synchronizes the local repo with the online one
>
> eix packagename
> shows all available versions of that package, and what repo they
> reside in (stable, testing, etc)
>
> 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.
>
> Is there a decent manual describing basic maintenance tasks like this?
>
> Thanks
>
apt-get install debian-handbook
That should sort many of your questions :)
AndyC
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