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Proper way to update?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:32 pm
by Badger101
Hi,
I'm trying to update my copy of Debian Wheezy and the RPi itself, is this the right way to do it?
Update the apt package list
Update the system files
Update the RPi Firmware
And a reboot
Thanks.
Re: Proper way to update?
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:43 pm
by dom
Look okay to me.
Re: Proper way to update?
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:12 pm
by geezbeez
Just -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
This is a bit like windows update, its good to keep the OS up to date.
RPi Firmware.
If you don't need firmware patches at this very moment you don't need rpi-update. Its not available unless you install it and aside from this you can probably update your firmware without rpi-update.
Its probably on here somewhere what firmware updates are available and what they fix.
You can check your firmware version as follows to see if you need an update:
sudo /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
My Rasp Pi shows:
Apr 18 2012 15:04:46
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 310376 (release)
Re: Proper way to update?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:45 pm
by Super-Nathan
Generally I prefer Aptitude over apt-get (you will need to install it). It is a more powerful front end to apt-get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(software)
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sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade
Re: Proper way to update?
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:59 pm
by guidol
how about a
apt-get dist-upgrade
before or after the rpi-update?