Debian Tutorials » apt http://www.debiantutorials.com Copy/Paste tutorials for Debian based Linux distros Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:15:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Using Debian Volatile to keep your packages updated http://www.debiantutorials.com/using-debian-volatile-to-keep-your-packages-updated/ http://www.debiantutorials.com/using-debian-volatile-to-keep-your-packages-updated/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:13:29 +0000 aip http://www.debiantutorials.net/?p=96 Some packages aim at fast moving targets, such as spam filtering and virus scanning, and even when using updated data patterns, they do not really work for the full time of a stable release. The main goal of volatile is allowing system administrators to update their systems in a nice, consistent way, without getting the drawbacks of using unstable, even without getting the drawbacks for the selected packages. So debian-volatile will only contain changes to stable programs that are necessary to keep them functional.

1. Add volatile archive to apt sources (pico /etc/apt/sources.list)

Etch:
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib non-free

Lenny:
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

Note. Only add one of the line depending on your Debian version.

2. Update apt repository

apt-get update

3. Upgrade you packages

apt-get dist-upgrade

]]> http://www.debiantutorials.com/using-debian-volatile-to-keep-your-packages-updated/feed/ 0 APT tips and tricks http://www.debiantutorials.com/apt-tips-and-tricks/ http://www.debiantutorials.com/apt-tips-and-tricks/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:33:52 +0000 admin http://debiantutorials.net/apt-tips-and-tricks/ Search installed packages:

apt-cache search package

Get details about a specific installed package:

apt-cache show package

Install new package (Note that you can install several packages at a time by seperating the package name by a single space):

apt-get install package1 package2

Remove a package

apt-get remove package

When you are removing the package some configuration files a left at the system but you can completely remove the package and config by using the following parameter:

apt-get remove package --purge

You can use the apt tool to update installed packages on the system by running the following commands:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

You can also update the system using these commands. apt-get upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system but apt-get dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages.

apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade

the upgrade command does the trick but you should run the update command before to receive latest packages and updates.

If installation of a package fails you may resolve the problems by running this command:

apt-get -f install

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