how to upgrade or Upgrading Packages on Debian fedora linux

Upgrading Packages on Debian


You want to upgrade a Debian package, because the new version has new features or bug fixes.


Use apt-get install:


# apt-get install gltron


Reading Package Lists... Done


Building Dependency Tree... Done


The following packages will be upgraded:


gltron




1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 78 not upgraded.


Need to get 89.5kB of archives.


After unpacking 266kB of additional disk space will be used.


Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org sid/main gltron 3.53 [89.5kB]


Fetched 89.5kB in 5s (16.8kB/s)


Preconfiguring packages ...


(Reading database ... 141286 files and directories currently installed.)


Preparing to replace adduser 3.52 (using .../archives/adduser_3.53_all.deb) ...


Unpacking replacement gltron ...


Setting up adduser (3.53) ...


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To upgrade several packages, use:


# apt-get install tuxkart gltron frozen-bubble tuxracer nethack galaga