Updates 4.8.3

[Clay Weber]

On Friday, May 04, 2012 10:16:19 PM Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> On Friday 04 May 2012 11:22:25 Steve Riley wrote:
> > On 2012-05-04 21:07:56 Georgi Kourtev <gkourtev at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I did sudo apt-get update.
> > 
> > Try again, but this time with dist-upgrade. 4.8.3 installed without
> > incident on both my laptops using this method.
> > 
> > ...Steve
> 
> Ah, here i found a good explanation, though it does not state what is
> better. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_Tool
> gk
apt-get upgrade will  upgrade you to newer package versions, but *not* install 
new ones (new kernel, etc)

Dist-upgrade does this plus installs any new packages, say a new kernel 
version, or perhaps a new dependency one of the packages needs.

Ubuntu's packaging, and Kubuntu's KDE updates from the ppa in particular, are 
geared towards the dist-upgrade method as there are often new or renamed 
items that go with the new software.

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clay