[Gllug] Debian

[Bruce Richardson]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 12/19/01, 12:09:34 PM, Stephen Harker <steve at pauken.co.uk> wrote 
regarding [Gllug] Debian:


> Hey Guys.
> I could get to like this Debian thing you know. After a few abortive
> attempts in the past, I have succesfully installed Potato (2.2r4) and
> now I'm updating it using dselect (apt) to Woody. But, is it really
> necessary to run the install screen so many times. I must be on about
> the 10th pass by now. It keeps conking out and claiming there are
> errors in the packages while unpacking, configures what it has done
> so far and then I have to start over. Is this normal? If I delete the
> .deb files that are dodge from /var/cache/apt/archive, will it
> automatically fetch them again?

At the command line, run

apt-get dist-upgrade

You may have to run it more than once, to resolve particular problems.


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Bruce

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