How do I update a single repo application in command line?

linux-man · 06-26-2023, 03:07 AM

How do I update a single repo application in command line to a latest version? Thanks in advance

fatmac · 06-26-2023, 03:40 AM

If you 'install' it again, it should upgrade to latest version in your repos.

linux-man · 06-28-2023, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

If you 'install' it again, it should upgrade to latest version in your repos.

Right clicked 'mark reinstallation' within Synaptic package manager, and it hasn't upgraded to the latest version.Click apply and refresh too afterwards, no avail.

Quote:

-U, --update Update this program to latest version.

Code:

self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian.
Please update using apt(8).

pan64 · 06-29-2023, 02:03 AM

would be nice to know what kind of app and repo is it.
for example using snap you need to execute snap refresh, using pip you need to execute pip install --upgrade, in case of git repo you need to rebuild your app (probably) ....
And sometimes there is no update available.

shruggy · 06-29-2023, 04:53 AM

@pan64

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

would be nice to know what kind of app and repo is it.

The message seems to be from yt-dlp/youtube-dl:

Code:

self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian.
Please update using apt(8).

@OP

Quote:

Originally Posted by linux-man

Right clicked 'mark reinstallation' within Synaptic package manager, and it hasn't upgraded to the latest version.

Pay attention to the highlighted part:

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

If you 'install' it again, it should upgrade to latest version in your repos.

You cannot upgrade to the latest upstream version via APT if it's not in your distro repos.

fatmac · 06-29-2023, 05:10 AM

You could temporarily, add 'testing' to your sources.list, update/upgrade that one particular program, then comment out 'testing' again.

(This could have consequences if you do a regular upgrade of your system.)

pan64 · 06-29-2023, 07:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

@pan64

The message seems to be from yt-dlp/youtube-dl:

Code:

self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian.
Please update using apt(8).

@OP

Pay attention to the highlighted part:

You cannot upgrade to the latest upstream version via APT if it's not in your distro repos.

if it is yt-dlp use this guide: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/wiki/Installation
Do not use the official package from apt.

leclerc78 · 06-30-2023, 12:28 PM

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade pkgname

Is this what you want ?

jamison20000e · 07-02-2023, 08:33 AM

If you're trying to upgrade to an experimental feature you need to change your repos as well. It may or may not be safer than temporarily changing your source list? https://wiki.debian.org/DebianExperimental

Edit\add: just caught a post I missed, you can use:

Code:

pip -i youtube-dl

or yt-dlp seems they're in Python's repos...

linux-man · 07-24-2023, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fatmac

You could temporarily, add 'testing' to your sources.list, update/upgrade that one particular program, then comment out 'testing' again.

(This could have consequences if you do a regular upgrade of your system.)

It could stuff up my os if I don't do the sources list process correctly?

Sorry for late reply but I kept getting blocked by Cloudfare for weeks, otherwise would have been on to this.

linux-man · 07-24-2023, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

@pan64

The message seems to be from yt-dlp/youtube-dl:

Code:

self-update mechanism is disabled on Debian.
Please update using apt(8).

correct

Quote:

Originally Posted by shruggy

Pay attention to the highlighted part:

You cannot upgrade to the latest upstream version via APT if it's not in your distro repos.

How do I get it onto the distro repo?

pan64 · 07-25-2023, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by linux-man

correct

How do I get it onto the distro repo?

quite simple, just join the distro maintainer team (and do the job).

enigma9o7 · 07-25-2023, 12:38 AM

bookworm-backports last update to yt-dlp is a version from 18 days ago.

Code:

$ rmadison yt-dlp
yt-dlp     | 2023.03.04-1~bpo11+1 | bullseye-backports | source, all
yt-dlp     | 2023.03.04-1         | stable             | source, all
yt-dlp     | 2023.07.06-1~bpo12+1 | stable-backports   | source, all
yt-dlp     | 2023.07.06-1         | testing            | source, all
yt-dlp     | 2023.07.06-1         | unstable           | source, all

So if you're on Debian 12, just add the official backports repo then

Code:

sudo apt install yt-dlp/bookworm-backports

If you're on Debian 11, you could backport yourself.

linux-man · 07-26-2023, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamison20000e

... you can use:

Code:

pip -i youtube-dl

or yt-dlp seems they're in Python's repos...

I got

Code:

pip -i youtube-dl

Usage:   
  pip <command> [options]

no such option: -i

linux-man · 07-26-2023, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leclerc78

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --only-upgrade pkgname

Is this what you want ?

pan64 said otherwise.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

Do not use the official package from apt...You cannot upgrade to the latest upstream version via APT if it's not in your distro repos.