On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:32:38PM +0000, lostson wrote: > Hello > I have a laptop and a desktop machine running sarge. I would like to > update them to etch. I am thinking I have heard I can do this with > aptitude, is this possible and if so anyone got a links to a good doc? > Or can I jsut use my sources list from this machine on the other 2 and > do a apt-get update then apt-get upgrade ? Thanks.
It is possible, just edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' in your favourite editor and replace all occurances of "stable" or "sarge" with either "testing" (if you want to stay with newer stuff after etch is released) or "etch" (if you want to use etch once it becomes 'stable'). Then a simple 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get dist-upgrade' (mind the dist-) will update. Watch your updating however, there have been some changes since sarge, like xfree86 -> xorg, so prepare to reinstall some packages and deal with some brokenness. Note: there will be discussion on what's the best flavour of debian to run, once you make your choice, it's hard to go back, so consider the pros and cons. -- Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll invite himself over for dinner.-- Calvin Keegan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
