Wiki pages updated with an Upgrade HowTo

[Bruce Pieterse]

On 19/09/2015 18:01, Andrés Muñiz Piniella wrote:
> El 19 de septiembre de 2015 15:02:39 GMT+01:00, Bruce Pieterse <dev at otq.za.net> escribió:
>>
>>
>> On 19/09/2015 14:43, Erick Brunzell wrote:
>>> On 09/19/2015 07:26 AM, Patrik Bubák wrote:
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> a small contribution from me:
>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/HowTo/UpgradeGnomeShell
>>>>
>>>> Learn about how to protect yourself on the internet
>>>> <https://prism-break.org/en/>
>>>> Why it is important to encrypt your communications
>>>> <https://freedom.press/encryption-works>
>>>> An easy how-to guide to PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
>>>> <https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call
>> it
>>>> the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with
>> one
>>>> condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is
>>>> going to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't
>>>> agree on what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to
>>>> agree on.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> RE:
>>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/HowTo/UpgradeGnomeShell#Add_the_PPAs_and_update
>>>
>>> I've frequently found that rather than just apt upgrade I need to
>> use:
>>>
>>> sudo apt dist-upgrade
>>>
>>> I cc'ed Tim because he'd know best if dist-upgrade is required.
>>>
>>> Lance
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Patrik and Lance,
>>
>> Yes, once you have added the PPA's you can run sudo apt-get update &&
>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade.
>
> Does dist-upgrade do normal upgrade?
> I.e.
> $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> ?
>

Yes. as per the man page:

  dist-upgrade
  dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade,
  also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions
  of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and
  it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the
  expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade
  command may therefore remove some packages. The
  /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which
  to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for
  a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual
  packages.


-- 
All the best,

Bruce