Re: [TCLUG:16986] upgrading Debian

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

I use apt-find (console-apt) or gnome-apt.. corel wrote a really spiffy
kde one for corel linux.. does rpm's too :)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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On Mon, 1 May 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> On Mon, 1 May 2000, Tim Neu wrote:
> 
> > apt-get install foo #downloads and installs a package and it's dependancies
> > apt-get update  # Updates the list of packages from the internet. 
> > apt-get dist-upgrade # Upgrades all install packages
> > apt-get remove foo # remove a package. 
> 
> Thanks. I'm apt-get-ing as we speak! :-)
> 
> > Dselect is terrible.   I have never met a Debian fan who liked it.  
> > The automatic-update feature of dselect is cool, but that is what apt-get
> > is for!  :-)  
> 
> Dselect was awful at first, but once I figured out the system it wasn't so
> bad. I can see the advantages of apt-get, however. There are a number of GUI
> front-ends to apt-get I see. Any in particular that I should try?
> 
> -Tim
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