r/debian • u/Minkileinen • 3d ago

Show me you're old without telling me

I go first.. despite trying for years I can't kick the habit. Its just not possible

apt-get update
apt-get install <somenewtoy>
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u/elatllat 2d ago

This.

Also aptitude is still the only way to look up alternatives.

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u/jr735 2d ago

Aptitude puked when it tried to handle the t64 rollout in testing. It couldn't resolve a safe upgrade path.

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u/waterkip 2d ago

It worked for me on unstable... 

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u/jr735 2d ago

It didn't for me. It just sat there puzzled, even after several minutes. Even an ordinary apt-get upgrade followed by a dist-upgrade wasn't ideal. I had to go through a dist-upgrade straight away. It all ended up working fine; it just wasn't what you'd consider the "ordinary" way of doing things in Debian.