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Re: apt (was: Re: [Plug] redhat 6.1 insllation)
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On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Michael W. Ryan wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Darxus wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure exactly what you're asking.
>
> Remote as in obtain the packages from a remote source (which it does do,
> apparently).
rpm can install remote packages ? Do you have to find the package first
(url), or does rpm find it for you ? I support a few redhat boxes at
work, and finding packages is a pain. If I'm missing something, I'd love
to know.
> > I can telnet into my computer from here, run "apt-get dist-upgrade", it'll
> > download the current versions of all installed packages and everything
> > they depend on, give me a couple configuration prompts, install
> > everything, and restart necessary daemons.
>
> And this is the most commonly cited example. What if you didn't want to
> do a full distribution upgrade. What if you only wanted to upgrade some?
Then you do
apt-get install package1 package2 package3
And it'll install the latest version of each package you specify.
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