Recipe 3.7. Upgrading Packages on Debian

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3.7.1 Problem

You want to upgrade a Debian package, because the new version has new features or bug fixes.

3.7.2 Solution

Use apt-get install:

# apt-get install gltron Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded:   gltron 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 78 not upgraded. Need to get 89.5kB of archives. After unpacking 266kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org sid/main gltron 3.53 [89.5kB] Fetched 89.5kB in 5s (16.8kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 141286 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace adduser 3.52 (using .../archives/adduser_3.53_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gltron ... Setting up adduser (3.53) ... #

To upgrade several packages, use:

# apt-get install tuxkart gltron frozen-bubble tuxracer nethack galaga

3.7.3 Discussion

There is no separate command for upgrading a package. apt-get install always looks for the newest version.

3.7.4 See Also

  • apt-get(8)

  • Local documentation (/usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto)

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