apt-get Update Selective Packages

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 07:33 -0700, Matt Florido wrote:
>> I'd like to upgrade only certain package.
>
> apt-get install <package>
>
> (Yes, also works for upgrading it)
>
>

What do you do if you don't want to replace the old one, but install
the new one side-by-side?  As in a kernel upgrade, where you don't
want to replace, or a different version of a shared library?

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Paul E. Johnson
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