On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > On Sunday 15 February 2009 15:35:42 Charlie wrote: >> After doing # apt-get update >> Then get this: # apt-get upgrade >> Then do this: # apt-get dselect-upgrade >> What am I missing? > > Try 'aptitude dist-upgrade'. Aptitude is the preferred package manager since > at least Etch.
Hi, I have used this instructions a lot of time ago, with no problems, these instructions I have written afte the succesful upgrade of my PC http://www.go2linux.org/upgrading-debian hope it helps. regards, > > However, you should see the Lenny release notes for the proper way to upgrade. > In general, you should update 'dpkg', 'apt', and 'aptitude' to their Lenny > versions before updating everything. > > If, for some reason, aptitude also wants to remove some packages, we can > troubleshoot better from there. If we need to troubleshoot, the output of > 'apt-cache policy', 'aptitude install', 'aptitude upgrade', and 'aptitude > dist-upgrade' would probably be the best start. > -- > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. > b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) > ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' > http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ > > -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux http://www.go2linux.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
