updating

[mcdead]

what is the update it. Find a list of what packages are for raspbian. A program that has a gui for updating? I just got my pi on Wednesday and i do understand the basics just not really used to linux yet. which is why i bought the pi.

[thurgold]

I use dselect, it is not a gui, but it is a bit more friendly than apt-get

sudo apt-get install dselect
sudo dselect

It just go through the stages in order.
+ <-- mark a package to be installed
- <-- mark a package to be removed
return <-- proceed to next step.

[chrispiduc]

Hi mcdead,

You may wish to read the wiki: http://elinux.org/RaspberryPiBoard#Beginners_Guide

Specifically the beginners guide: http://elinux.org/RPi_Beginners#Adding_ ... spberry_Pi and the troubleshooting section (http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting) for fine-tuning your pi to your display.

With regards to updating, while using the command line, (assuming Debian Wheezy or Raspbian O/S) type:

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Sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

This will update your O/S.
Best,
chrispiduc

[williamhbell]

Hi,

Additional packages can be added using apt-get, which is a command line tool. The synaptic package manager is the GUI wrapper around this, but I am not sure how well it runs on the PI. To update your Raspbian installation, open a command window and type

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

To install more packages, type

sudo apt-get install package-name

where package-name should be replaced with the package you are interested in. The full package list for Wheezy can be found at,

http://packages.debian.org/testing/

The other apt-get commands are documented in the apt-get manual page,
man apt-get
(type q to quit the manual page).

Regards, Will

[mcdead]

thanks

[itsonlyme]

Synaptic appears to run well on Rasbian.