Mi Jan 02 17:45:00 2013
highskywhy@yahoo.de Problem 1:Update Pangolin to Quantal and
Update/Upgrade questions Xubuntu
Good evening
Thank You for help.
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> General advice: ALWAYS make a backup of the file you are about to mess
> around with [I had to learn that the hard way for a few times x-(]
> A quick way to do that, make a copy of the file in the same directory
> and append it with a suffix of your liking:
> Example:
> # cp /etc/apt/sources.list{,-OLD}
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Thank You.
> *
> Where can I find an introction about the directories
> so I can save them on a stick:
> gconf
> config
> fontconfig
> Adobe
> pki
> kde
> and so on.
> Maybe there is a homepage in the www
> where all this Linux directories are described.
>
I don't think there is one website to go to for information, you should
visit GNOME's and KDE's pages for advice how to backup settings for example.
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Is Gnome and KDE structure the same like xfce?
> What is the most easy way to update or upgrade Pangolin to Quantal using
> Xubuntu?
You would have to change 'Pangolin' to 'Quantal' in the file
'sources.list' and then do a 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
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OK
So I dont to aptitude but I only should use apt-get,isnt it?
Personally, I tried a dist-upgrade once on Ubuntu and once on Debian,
and both ended up in a total mess, so I advise against doing such a
thing. Rather do a clean fresh install, but that is based on my
experience, so other people might say something different.
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Is it better
download Livecd Xubuntu Quantal and clean the PC?
> Should I do this
> sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf
> sudo apt-get clean
> sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
> aptitude install PACKAGE
> aptitude search PACKAGE
> aptitude update && aptitude upgrade
> ?
Please do not mix the commands 'apt-get' and 'aptitude'.
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OK
Thank You.
They are two differnt tools to manage packages under Debian-based
Linux distributions although very, very similiar. The point is that they
both keep their own log file of what has been installed or removed and
when trying to find out what has gone wrong during an update, it is a
lot harder to sift through two log files instead of one. So either use
exclusively 'apt-get' or 'aptitude', their syntax is quite similiar.
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OK
Thank You
Pascal
Regards
Sophie
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