On 4/10/21 4:59 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote:
... I did 'apt update' and 'apt install firefox-esr' to upgrade from
version 78.6 to version 78.9.
I have not figured out the difference between apt(8) and apt-get(8). It
looks like the former uses the latter as a back-end (?). I use apt-get(8).
Always backup before doing updates; especially kernel upgrades.
When I want to upgrade, re-install, or install packages, I start with
'apt-get update'.
I would have done 'apt-get upgrade ...' instead of 'apt install ...'. I
then reboot.
If there are packages that have been kept back, I do 'apt-get
dist-upgrade' and then reboot.
If I want to re-install a package for whatever reason, I do 'apt-get
remove ...' or 'apt-get purge ...'. If I'm suspicious, I reboot. Then
I do 'apt-get install ...' and reboot.
David
