apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade

mofaph mofaph at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 05:25:35 UTC 2010


apt-get update
and then
apt-get upgrade
to use the latest version of package.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, mofaph <mofaph at gmail.com> wrote:

> apt-get update
>    the server had one package named test-0.01.deb. Ten days or more was
> gone, the server now have a new version package named test-0.02.deb. And you
> want to use the latest version because it had some more features. Now, you
> can use apt-get update.
>
> apt-get dis-upgrade
>     We assume you use Ubuntu-10.04, and when October was comming, Ubuntu
> realease Ubuntu-10.10, and also you want to use latest version, you can use
> apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> Maybe I am wrong, but do think that's it.
>
> 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.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Kaushal
>>
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