| Chad Waters on 14 Nov 2011 10:07:26 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] using dpkg to update a package |
dpkg -i C On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Eric at Lucii.org <eric@lucii.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I use virtual box installed from a downloaded .deb file > > I want to replace > virtualbox-4.0_4.0.4-70112_Ubuntu_lucid_i386.deb > with > virtualbox-4.1_4.1.4-74291~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb > > Is there a single command that will replace the existing 4.0 package with 4.1 or do I have to remove the old one first? > I was thinking that dpkg --update-avail might be right but the description seems more like it updates the ->package<- instead of the installed software. > > Eric > - -- > # Eric Lucas > # > # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth > # And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings... > # -- John Gillespie Magee Jr > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk7BRiwACgkQ2sGpvXQrZ/7p3wCgqGjad0cEfeJyqH7Prxug4YvJ > 5dsAnRFsNWDVgG89IMYrEDhrhdOkL/+n > =zsWw > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug