Ubuntu 9.10 repeated dialogue: "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode"

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Dec 8 00:44:22 UTC 2009


On 12/07/2009 04:36 PM, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> 08.12.2009 01:11, NoOp:
> 
>> Not sure where 'safe-upgrade' or 'dist-upgrade' is recommended from...
>> simple:
>> 
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
>> 
>> should suffice.
> 
> 'safe-upgrade' isn't a valid parameter for apt-get but for aptitude. For
> aptitude 'upgrade' is deprecated in favour of 'safe-upgrade'.
> 'dist-upgrade' is necessary if 'upgrade' or 'safe-upgrade' would hold
> back packages but you want to make the necessary transactions anyway.
> For aptitude 'dist-upgrade' is deprecated in favour of 'full-upgrade'.
> 

Yes and?

I still maintain that:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

should suffice.

Or am I missing out on something? The differences between aptitude and
apt-get have been discussed on this list for quite some time. I won't
bother to look up the exact threads, but I seem to recall that apt-get
works just fine in Ubuntu.










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