apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade

[Fajar Priyanto]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Kaushal Shriyan
<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> What exactly apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade do and when
> should we use it.

Hi,
apt-get update <-- update the package list
apt-get dist-upgrade <-- will upgrade installed packages and may
remove some if necessary.
apt-get upgrade <-- will upgrade installed packages without removing any