Re: Upgrading from Backports

[Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 08 Jun 2016, Jochen Spieker wrote:

> Patrick Bartek:
> > Need to upgrade claws-mail installed from regular repo to a newer
> > version in wheezy-backports.  I don't want to end up with two
> > installed versions.  Have done research, but have found nothing
> > specific about this particular procedure.  Would
> > 
> >    apt-get install -t wheezy-backports claws-mail=<newer version
> > number>
> > 
> > upgrade the old version or just install the new version along side
> > the old.
> 
> A Debian package can only ever be installed in one version at a time
> on one machine. The package is defined by its name. In your example,
> claws-mail is the package name and if it is already installed then it
> will be upgraded. You can most probably leave out the version number
> behind the package name. I would be surprised if wheezy-backports
> contained more than one version of claws-mail. And even if that was
> the case, apt-get would then pick the most recent version.
> 
> > Or would it be easier to "remove" the old version keeping all the
> > configs, etc., and install the new one from backports?  I did this
> > with LibreOffice a few years ago.  Worked fine.
> 
> Doesn't really make a difference. The state of your system should be
> the same after either 'remove && install' or a simple 'install'.

I'll try "upgrading" without the version number.

Yes, there's only one version of claws-mail in wheezy-backports, which
is newer than the regular repo version.

Thanks for clarifying.

B