apt-get upgrade doesn't install all updates

[stlu]

Hello,

I prefer to use apt-get upgrade over the GUI package "update-manager". Recently I noticed that there are packages in update-manager with the tag "(New install)" which apt-get upgrade does not fetch.

How can I get apt-get upgrade to perform this action?

[plucky]

Hello,

I prefer to use apt-get upgrade over the GUI package "update-manager". Recently I noticed that there are packages in update-manager with the tag "(New install)" which apt-get upgrade does not fetch.

How can I get apt-get upgrade to perform this action?


sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and see what that does for you.

Good Luck

[stlu]

Thanks,

This command also solves my confusion over some packages being "held back" when I used apt-get upgrade.

[drmrgd]

Just for more information, here's a quick article about why you sometimes see packages as being held back:

http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/69

Anytime you want to pull the trigger and get those packages, all you need to do is run 'dist-upgrade' instead.