<div dir="ltr">Hello,<br><br>Long Story:<br><br><b>sudo apt-get upgrade<br></b><br><font color="#0000ff">sudo apt-get upgrade <br>Reading package lists... Done<br>Building dependency tree <br>Reading state information... Done<br> The following packages have been kept back:<br> linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic<br>The following packages will be upgraded:<br> accountsservice alsa-base apt apt-transport-https apt-utils aptdaemon<br> aptdaemon-data base-files bash bind9-host chromium-browser<br> chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg dmsetup dnsutils evince<br> evince-common firefox-locale-en flashplugin-installer gnome-screenshot<br> grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad<br> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good im-switch initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin<br> iptables jockey-common jockey-gtk language-pack-en language-pack-en-base<br> language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base language-selector-common<br> language-selector-gnome libaccountsservice0 libapt-inst1.4 libapt-pkg4.12<br> libavcodec53 libavformat53 libavutil51 libbind9-80 libdbus-glib-1-2<br> libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdns81 libevince3-3<br> libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa libgnutls26<br> libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 libgudev-1.0-0 libisc83 libisccc80<br> libisccfg82 libjack-jackd2-0 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 liblvm2app2.2 liblwres80<br> libmysqlclient18 libnautilus-extension1a libneon27-gnutls libnih-dbus1<br> libnih1 libnm-gtk-common libnm-gtk0 libnspr4 libnspr4-0d libnss3 libnss3-1d<br> libpciaccess0 libperl5.14 libplymouth2 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler19<br> libpostproc52 libpurple0 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative libqt4-network<br> libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns<br> libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libsmbclient libssl1.0.0 libswscale2 libtelepathy-glib0<br> libudev0 libusbmuxd1 libwbclient0 libxatracker1 libxml2 libxrandr2<br> libxslt1.1 lightdm linux-sound-base mountall mysql-common nautilus-data<br> network-manager-gnome openssl perl perl-base perl-modules pidgin pidgin-data<br> plymouth plymouth-label plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text poppler-utils<br> python-aptdaemon python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-libxml2 qdbus rsyslog<br> simple-scan sudo transmission transmission-common transmission-gtk udev<br> usbmuxd xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-intel<br> xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-qxl<br>136 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.<br>Need to get 95.6 MB of archives.<br> After this operation, 7,161 kB of additional disk space will be used.<br>Do you want to continue [Y/n]?</font><br><br><br><b>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</b><div><br><div><font color="#0b5394">sudo apt-get dist-upgrade </font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394">Reading package lists... Done</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394">Building dependency tree </font></div><div><font color="#0b5394">Reading state information... Done</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394">Calculating upgrade... Done</font></div> <div><b><font color="#ff0000">The following NEW packages will be installed:</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#073763"> linux-headers-3.2.0-40 linux-headers-3.2.0-40-generic</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#073763"> linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic</font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#ff0000">The following packages will be upgraded:</font></b></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> accountsservice alsa-base apt apt-transport-https apt-utils aptdaemon</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> aptdaemon-data base-files bash bind9-host chromium-browser</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> chromium-browser-l10n chromium-codecs-ffmpeg dmsetup dnsutils evince</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> evince-common firefox-locale-en flashplugin-installer gnome-screenshot</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> grub-common grub-pc grub-pc-bin grub2-common gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> gstreamer0.10-plugins-good im-switch initramfs-tools initramfs-tools-bin</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> iptables jockey-common jockey-gtk language-pack-en language-pack-en-base</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base language-selector-common</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> language-selector-gnome libaccountsservice0 libapt-inst1.4 libapt-pkg4.12</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libavcodec53 libavformat53 libavutil51 libbind9-80 libdbus-glib-1-2</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdns81 libevince3-3</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglu1-mesa libgnutls26</font></div><div> <font color="#0b5394"> libgstreamer-plugins-bad0.10-0 libgudev-1.0-0 libisc83 libisccc80</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libisccfg82 libjack-jackd2-0 liblightdm-gobject-1-0 liblvm2app2.2 liblwres80</font></div><div> <font color="#0b5394"> libmysqlclient18 libnautilus-extension1a libneon27-gnutls libnih-dbus1</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libnih1 libnm-gtk-common libnm-gtk0 libnspr4 libnspr4-0d libnss3 libnss3-1d</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> libpciaccess0 libperl5.14 libplymouth2 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler19</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libpostproc52 libpurple0 libqt4-dbus libqt4-declarative libqt4-network</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-xml libqt4-xmlpatterns</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libsmbclient libssl1.0.0 libswscale2 libtelepathy-glib0</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> libudev0 libusbmuxd1 libwbclient0 libxatracker1 libxml2 libxrandr2</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> libxslt1.1 lightdm linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> linux-sound-base mountall mysql-common nautilus-data network-manager-gnome</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> openssl perl perl-base perl-modules pidgin pidgin-data plymouth</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> plymouth-label plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text poppler-utils python-aptdaemon</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> python-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets python-libxml2 qdbus rsyslog simple-scan sudo</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394"> transmission transmission-common transmission-gtk udev usbmuxd</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> xserver-common xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-video-intel</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"> xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-qxl</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394">139 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394">Need to get 146 MB of archives.</font></div><div><font color="#0b5394">After this operation, 188 MB of additional disk space will be used.</font></div> <div><font color="#0b5394">Do you want to continue [Y/n]? </font></div><div><br></div><div>==============================</div><div><br></div><div style>Short Story:</div><div style><br></div><div style>The difference between apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade is:</div> <div style><div><b><font color="#ff0000">The following NEW packages will be installed:</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#073763"> linux-headers-3.2.0-40 linux-headers-3.2.0-40-generic</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#073763"> linux-image-3.2.0-40-generic</font></b></div> <div><b><font color="#073763"><br></font></b></div>apt-get dist-upgrade can upgrade your Kernel.</div><div style>apt-get upgrade can not.</div><div style><br></div><div style>That is all :)</div><div><br></div>P.S.</div><div> This live example from Lubuntu 12.04 32bit<br>--<br>Best Regards,<br>amjjawad<br><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad/</a><br>Lubuntu One Stop Thread| My Launchpad | My Ubuntu Forum Profile</div> </div>