[ale] Question for Debian users

[David Corbin]

On Sunday 09 November 2003 20:58, Tom & JaVonn wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:11:32 -0500
>
> David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:
> > The other thing that is great, is apt - it's easy to keep your system up
> > to date, or to install new packages.  Upgrades are extremely easy.  Two
> > commands, and poof, I'm running the new version.  I've been through about
> > 3-4 version upgrades, and it has never been a problem.
>
> I'll second that.
>
> #apt-get update
> #apt-get upgrade
>

Actually, for changing versions, it's "apt-get dist-upgrade" :)

> Lots of mirrors of the official packages available, too.
>
> PLUS if you look over http://www.apt-get.org/ you'll find lots of
> "unofficial" packages including backports from unstable.  Add a line to
> your /etc/apt/sources.list and you can pull in any of them, while apt
> resolves the dependencies.
>
>
>
> Tom
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