I have been periodically using 'aptitude update' and 'aptitude upgrade' from the command line to perform basic upgrades. This seemed to be the most common approach suggested online and appeared to be a fairly safe starting point as I try to learn more. Now I would like to get some idea of how the aptitude UI works and how it may be different from the command line, and so decided I would take a look at that and as a starting point I would try to get a sense of how these same commands might be carried out there.
In doing this, and reading various documentation, I found references to 'U' marking packages upgradeable. I also saw the listing for "Upgradable Packages" and so I started nosing around in there, thinking that perhaps I would use 'U' to select this entire list. To get some points of comparison I had tested out 'aptitude upgrade' and 'aptitude dist-upgrade' just to see what would be changed, and only gdm-themes appeared there with one removal. In the 'Upgradable Packages' section of aptitude there are many packages listed, including emacs, gdm, cron, exim4, many libraries and so on. Now I am confused. Why are there so many packages being listed as "upgradable" and yet don't get upgraded when running 'aptitude upgrade'? What exactly is the difference between these two lists of packages available upgrading? Many thanks in advance, Patrick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
