[ubuntu-in] How do I update the kernel using the terminal?

Fabian Enos fabian.rap.more at gmail.com
Sun Sep 14 17:49:08 BST 2008


Onkar: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade does almost the same thing sudo
apt-get upgrade does for me

I want to be able to update ONLY the linux kernel

On 9/14/08, mallikarjun arjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Fabian Enos <fabian.rap.more at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am using Xubuntu Hardy. I dont want to use update managers as I feel
>> > they are eat chunks of ram. Is there anyway to update using the
>> > terminal?
>>
>> I am not completely able to understand what exactly you are trying to
>> do but what does 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' command do in your case?
>>
>>
>> Onkar
>>
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> but i think dist-upgrade will upgrade distributions not kernel i think?
>
> mallikarjun
>



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