Re: Debian testing can't tab to desktop?

On 4/4/25 19:47, Paul Gevers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 03-04-2025 23:05, Chevelle wrote:
>> I was following the instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting
>>
>> It is true, I didn't use a 'full-upgrade' because I thought the
>> upgrade succeeded.
>
>
> Hmm, that Wiki seems to be giving bad advice. $(apt upgrade) will only
> do a *part* of the upgrade, as it will only upgrade packages that don't
> need new packages or that will not cause other packages to be removed.
> As every upgrade from one release to the next involves lots of library
> transitions, it's always expect that you need to run $(apt full-upgrade)

Actually, this state let you review what will be removed and than apt
install the desired packages manually.

On prod servers, update, upgrade and install PKGs is not a bad idea but
where a a DE is present it's a bit overkill! ;^)

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John Doe