Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
Can you post all replies to the list, not just to me. Thanks. How did you install Debian in the first place? If you've been running a straight stable system there should be no problems. BUT, you started this post talking about running an apt-get upgrade so are you migrating upwards from potato? T

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-10-01 Thread Simon Tod
Could you post the contents of the file /etc/sources.list - did you try 'apt-get -t testing install perl' or 'apt-get -t unstable install perl'? Even perl in stable depends on libdb2 >= 2:2.7.7.0-7. Looks to me like you might have cd's in your /etc/sources.list --- Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-09-30 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Vivek Kumar wrote: Hi there, I need help to upgrade a certain package. I used following command: apt-get upgrade perl Once I do this it gives me a list of packages and goes back to the prompt. I see perl-base in the list. Can I upgrade single package ?? There is sendmail also in the list so if I u

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-09-30 Thread Simon Tod
--- Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > I need help to upgrade a certain package. I used > following command: > apt-get upgrade perl > Once I do this it gives me a list of packages and > goes back to the > prompt. I see perl-base in the list. > Can I upgrade single package ?? T

Re: upgrade a packge

2003-09-30 Thread Martin Jungowski
Hi, You can easily upgrade single packages - if you would've read the apt-get output more thoroughly you would have probably tripped over this: XXX is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 100 not upgraded. Which means that if you want to upgrade one single p