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Can a new Ubuntu kernel be upgraded with dist-upgrade?
dist-upgrade will not upgrade to a new release unless sources.list has been modified accordingly (and even then, that’s not a supported way to upgrade in Ubuntu). When a new kernel is installed with dist-upgrade, that’s not a new release of Ubuntu. It’s just a new package.
Can you upgrade from Debian 8.11 to Debian 10?
Can I upgrade directly from 8.11 to 10 without upgrading to Debian 9 as an intermediate step? It’s been a while since I’ve read anything about his, but, to the best of my recollection, it’s recommended to upgrade to the next version release and not to try to skip over a version.
Which is better dist-upgrade or apt-get full-upgrade?
dist-upgrade dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a “smart” conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
Can a dist upgrade upgrade to a new release?
dist-upgrade will not upgrade to a new release unless sources.list has been modified accordingly (and even then, that’s not a supported way to upgrade in Ubuntu). When a new kernel is installed with dist-upgrade, that’s not a new release of Ubuntu.
What’s the difference between Update Manager and dist-upgrade?
The standard abilities of update-manager are a mix of the upgrade and dist-upgrade modes of apt-get: it can add but not remove packages – it invokes the “Partial upgrade” tool when removals are required. When using the command line, use apt-get upgrade.
Why does apt-get upgrade only install kernel packages?
Notice how an apt-get upgrade will say that the kernel packages have been held back. That’s the cue for using apt-get dist-upgrade. Basically upgrade will only upgrade existing packages from one version to another. It will not install or remove packages, even if doing so is required to upgrade others.