apt-get Update Selective Packages

[Derek Broughton]

Paul Johnson wrote:

> 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?  

That's generally not possible.

> As in a kernel upgrade, where you don't 
> want to replace, or a different version of a shared library?

It's still not possible with kernel upgrades, either - they are all uniquely
named packages, with upgrading accomplished by the parent package
continually changing its dependencies.


-- 
derek