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[David Groos <question272486@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #272486 on Epoptes changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/epoptes/+question/272486

    Status: Answered => Open

David Groos is still having a problem:
Ah... I usually do dist-upgrade but since I only thought it only had to do
with kernel upgrades I didn't realize it was important in this situation.
Thanks for your help/teaching!! It now worked.

David

On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Alkis Georgopoulos <
question272486@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Your question #272486 on Epoptes changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/epoptes/+question/272486
>
>     Status: Open => Answered
>
> Alkis Georgopoulos proposed the following answer:
> Hi David,
>
> `sudo apt-get upgrade` is the "wrong" command to run. It means "update
> any packages but don't install any new dependencies" they might have.
> This can cause partial upgrades and leave the system in a suboptimal
> state.
>
> The correct command is `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`. This ensures that a
> complete update is made, and allows epoptes e.g. to install the new
> python-netifaces it needs to fix WOL issues.
> That is what the graphical update-manager does as well, for people not
> using the console to upgrade.
>
> `apt-get dist-upgrade` is to get normal updates and is not to be
> confused with `do-release-upgrade`, which does distro upgrades from e.g.
> 12.04 to 14.04.
>
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