Re: [trinity-users] Upgrade lenny -> squeeze

Would letting apt-get or aptitude uninstall everything it wants then trying to reinstall it all? I don't hold a lot of hope for this as this is what I was planning to do with the packages for the dist-upgrade, but this didn't work out so well...

--b On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Brad Alexander <storm16(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I used apt-get, because thats what the squeeze release notes recommended. > > What I did was apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade ; apt-get dist-upgrade. > > apt-get -f install gives me a list of packages to deinstall, a good > number of which seems to be trinity or trinity-related. I figure that > aptitude full upgrade will deinstall as well. > > --b > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Greg Madden <gomadtroll(a)gci.net> wrote: >> What method did you use to upgrade? apt-get, aptitude, synaptic ? Using >> apt-get >> from the cli has a couple of options. >> >> The unmet dependencies could be caused by the method of upgrading, >> 'apt-get dist-upgrade' allows installation of new dependencies, >> 'apt-get upgrade' >> only upgrades existing packages. Also 'apt-get -f install' will try to >> 'fix' a >> failed upgrade. >> >> The release notes seem to prefer apt-get over aptitude, a reversal from >> the Lenny. >> release. I normally try all cli install tools when something like this >> happens, >> don't use gui stuff. My preferred package manager is still 'dselect' . >> -- >> Peace, >> >> Greg >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net >> Read list messsages on the Web archive: >> http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ >> Please remember not to top-post: >> http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting