Re: apt question

[Kent West]

Mark Healey wrote:

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote:
 

Did you "apt-get update" first? If not, you need to.
   

Thanks.  I could swear that wasn't in the man page.

 

enjae[westk]:/home/westk> man apt-get
. . .
DESCRIPTION
      apt-get is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may 
be con-
. . .
      update update  is  used  to  resynchronize the package index 
files from
. . .
             updated packages is available. *An update should always  
be  per-
             formed  before  an upgrade or dist-upgrade.* Please be 
aware that
      

(Emphasis added.) But of course, this is on a sid box; it may not be in 
the stable version of the man page. And even so, it's quite easy to miss.

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Please leave this.  It is a filter term.
ferulebezel
 



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