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Old 06-28-2005, 06:40 PM   #1
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apt-get question


At the command line, after doing apt-get update, is there a command to get a list of packages are are 'upgradable' ..... similar to what you see in Synaptic? How does Synaptic do it since it is a front end for apt-get?????

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Old 06-28-2005, 07:47 PM   #2
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i'm not sure, but maybe:
Quote:
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--show-upgraded

Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that
are to be upgraded. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Show-
Upgraded.
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrm...apt-get.8.html
 
Old 06-28-2005, 07:58 PM   #3
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If you type

man apt-get

or

man apt-cache

you'll get a list of more available options than you can shake a stick at. You might be interested in "--show-upgraded" and "--simulate" but I'm not really fluent because I let Synaptic worry about the details.
 
Old 06-28-2005, 08:01 PM   #4
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..or maybe:

apt-get -s upgrade (shows scope of the upgrade)

or

apt-get -s install (shows scope of the install)

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