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Where can I check what was updated on the last update?
Once in a while, when updating my system after reboot I got a black screen. The problem seems to bee ATI drivers, but it's weird because even TTYs do not work.
For fix it I reboot on recovery mode, ...
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Upgrade a single package from a target release
In Debian Squeeze I have installed a packageX from debian-backports.
Q1: When I apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude full-upgrade, what release is checked for updates for packageX? debian-backports or ...
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debian apt-get dist-upgrade from squeeze to wheezy failing on vlc
I can't continue until I solve this bug, I've tried removing the dpkg so it redownloads it but it still has this error when trying to dist-upgrade, or now, apt-get -f install.
root@hayek:~# apt-get ...
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disable apt-listchanges (and other interactive stuff) during upgrades (reliably)
I have to admit, I really really hate apt-listchanges. If I'm going to do a huge dist-upgrade, I want to just leave the computer there for a few hours. The asker of this serverfault question had a ...
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The command to upgrade to a new kernel from Ubuntu repositories
In the distro I'm most familiar with -- ALTLinux, a command like apt-get install kernel-image-std-def#3.0.... would install another kernel, and update the initramfs and the bootloader config ...
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What does “The following packages have been kept back” mean?
When doing an apt-get upgrade I sometimes get a message saying "The following packages have been kept back". For example:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade ...
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Using the apt package manager refuse an update for a specific package
I am attempting to upgrade a few packages using the apt package manager. However there is a specific package in the list that I don't want to upgrade. In fact I don't want anyone to ever upgrade it. ...
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How can I update to a newer version of Git using apt-get?
I've just set up a new machine with Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10 and then run
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install git
Now if I run git --version it tells me I have git version 1.7.5.4 but on my ...
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Can sources.list only be updated by hand?
I'm currently running Linux Mint. I remember that under Ubuntu, whenever a new release comes out, it prompts you with a choice of whether to upgrade or not. It seems like this is not happening in ...
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Can I use `apt-get` to upgrade to the latest version of Nagios?
At the time of this writing the latest version of Nagios is 3.3.1. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 and have used apt-get update; apt-get install nagios3 to end up with version 3.2.0.
I know there are a lot ...
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“tar: unrecognized option --warning” during 'apt-get install'
I just ran apt-get upgrade on my debian 5 vps and I got this error:
tar: unrecognized option `--warning=no-timestamp'
Now when I try to install other packages e.g: imagemagick I get the same ...
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Upgrading ffmpeg
How can I upgrade ffmpeg to version 0.6 on debian-based operating system?
I'm using apt-get for installation and deb packages.
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Problems with apt-get upgrade on Debian (404 Not Found)
I can't update my Debian Sid system.
on running the apt-get upgrade I am getting:
maciej@wladyslawa:/etc/apt$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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