Re: Problems with apt

Erik Jakobsen <[email protected]> Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:42:02 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.conectiva.apt-rpm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Horst Graffy wrote:
>Am Donnerstag, 31. März 2005 20:40 schrieb Erik Jakobsen:
>  
>>Ok Toni. Thanks for your reply. To be honest I'm still not quite sure on
>>how to decrease the size of the list.
>>What could stand for <list> for instance ?.
>>    
>apt upgrade gives you a list of all packags what would be upgraded ...
>apt -s upgrade > listofnewrpms
>then edit the file listofnewrpms:
>insert as first line 
>#!/bin/bash
>apt install \
>add at the end of every line a " \" (without quotes)
>
>after several lines you insert again apt install \
>
>remark: all lines exept the last line should be terminated with " \"
>so you create a little script to update all your packages in several steps ..
>
>then chmod +x listofnewrpms.txt
>and ./listofnewrpms
>
>example:
>#!/bin/bash
>apt install \
>ZynAddSubFX amarok amarok-gstreamer amarok-xine amarok-xmms \ epiphany 
>gtk-qt-engine gtkmm2 hydrogen kconfigeditor kconfigure kdar \
>....
>apt install \
>kmymoney   librsvg libsigc++2 libxslt libxslt-devel mlterm mozilla \ 
>mozilla-calendar mozilla-irc mozilla-mail mozilla-spellchecker \ 
>mozilla-venkman rosegarden4 uim
>...
>apt install <the other packages>
>
>  
>>Sorry that I'm unable to see the forrest for trees :-)
>>    
>:-)
>  
>>Erik
>>    
>Toni
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>
>  
Hi Toni.

Was very kind of You to cut it out for me. I will try that tomorrow, 
when I have slept.

Erik