9.04 Beta loading

[David Fox]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Knute Johnson
<knute2009 at knutejohnson.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks David and H.S.  Can I just download upgrade now from the 8.10 I
> have to 9.04 beta or do I need to wait to do an upgrade until 9.04 is
> released?

If you have a fast connection, then you could upgrade to 9.04 beta now
by running 'update-manager -d' as root. Then do the aptitude upgrade
bit periodically until 9.04 is finalized.


>
> I've used apt-get upgrade/update but not aptitude, what's the difference
> on that?

Aptitude is the "next generation" upgrade tool. It is similar enough
to apt-get to be easily switchable. Debian has been using aptitude now
since at least when Etch was still the Testing branch, and has
recommended people use aptitude instead of apt-get. This being the
case, I wonder why so much Ubuntu documentation and references tell
people to use apt-get. Hell, I was using aptitude in place of apt-get
back in the days of Edgy Eft - I was babysitting a friend's box, but
my main box back then ran Debian Testing (probably Etch).

HS has a valid point that I had not considered -the use of the
"full-upgrade" instead of just "upgrade". Most of the time "upgrade"
is sufficient, as it's what I'm used to doing for so long now. But I
ran "full-upgrade" earlier today and it had the effect of taking care
of some packages that were "kept back" in the aptitude dialog, and
cleaning out one or two others that weren't installable.




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