[mythtv-users] Dumb to "Upgrade"... Re: Program Schedules: working or not? How to (re)configure?

[Eric Sharkey]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>    ** sudo apt-get dist-upgrade  {takes more HD space AND requires time and
> support phone numbers}

Not exactly.  The only difference is that dist-upgrade can pull in new
packages if needed.  I never use apt-get upgrade.  I only ever run
dist-upgrade.


> This is the first time I've ever seen a reference to:  "apt-get/dpkg"
> I notice that you don't have the word "update" or "upgrade" after it;  what
> don't I know about this?
> is dpkg a setting for apt-get, or is it a substitute for update/upgrade?

dpkg is the program which actually does package installation or
removal.  apt is the system for figuring out which packages to
install/remove/upgrade.  apt-get is the command line interface to apt.
 apt uses dpkg internally to do the installations, but sometimes you
can skip apt and call dpkg directly yourself.

Eric