What's the "apt" equivalent of "apt-get upgrade"?
$ sudo /usr/bin/apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-headers-amd64 linux-image-amd64
The following packages will be upgraded:
bind9-dnsutils bind9-host bind9-libs intel-microcode openjdk-21-jdk
openjdk-21-jdk-headless openjdk-21-jre openjdk-21-jre-headless
8 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 142 MB of archives.
After this operation, 653 kB of additional disk space will be used.
$ sudo /usr/bin/apt upgrade
Upgrading:
bind9-dnsutils linux-headers-amd64 openjdk-21-jre
bind9-host linux-image-amd64 openjdk-21-jre-headless
bind9-libs openjdk-21-jdk
intel-microcode openjdk-21-jdk-headless
Installing dependencies:
linux-headers-6.12.48+deb13-amd64 linux-image-6.12.48+deb13-amd64
linux-headers-6.12.48+deb13-common linux-kbuild-6.12.48+deb13
Suggested packages:
linux-doc-6.12 debian-kernel-handbook
Summary:
Upgrading: 10, Installing: 4, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 265 MB
Space needed: 340 MB / 27.2 GB available
How do I get "apt upgrade" to behave like "apt-get upgrade", that is, to
upgrade packages very conservatively?
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Ottavio Caruso
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