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vayu
October 8th, 2009, 04:54 AM
I've installed several programs from various sources as debs with dpkg. What does dist-upgrade do to those apps? Will they still run? Also what will happen to my Amarok 1.4? Unfortunately I didn't keep track of many of these programs nor where I got them.
zvacet
October 8th, 2009, 09:03 AM
If you downloaded package from web site dist-upgrade will not upgrade it.That command works only for packages you installed from repos in your source list.
vayu
October 8th, 2009, 11:18 AM
If you downloaded package from web site dist-upgrade will not upgrade it.That command works only for packages you installed from repos in your source list.

Will they still run? Could they break?
zvacet
October 8th, 2009, 09:16 PM
Will they still run?

Most probably yes.


Could they break?

Nothing is 100% sure but in most cases no.