Unchecked all options when installing since I wanted only essentials
since this will be a rack mount server. After I installed I found ssh
was not installed.
In Centos when I want to update or add a package I do this:
yum update
or:
yum install package_name
To find a package I also frequently do something like this:
yum list available |grep abr_package_name
To get ssh going I finally did this from console:
apt-get install openssh-server
It demanded I plug the USB CD-ROM back in. Now I have SSH running and
can eliminate the keyboard and monitor.
After getting ssh installed I edited /etc/apt/sources.list and
commented out the CD to get it to quit asking for the USB drive which
will not remain on the system.
Now on Centos when I do 'yum update' after a fresh install I usually
get offered a good number of patches etc. When I do 'apt-get update'
I seem to get nothing.
So are there really no patches available or am I doing something
wrong? How do I get it too download and install new packages with
apt-get or whatever rather then using the CD?
Is there a FAQ or something out there for users coming from CentOS to Debian?
Thanks.
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06-06-2011, 04:15 PM
Darac Marjal
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote:
> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert.
> Giving Debian a whirl now.
>
[cut]
>
> yum update
This becomes "apt-get update" in debian.
>
> or:
>
> yum install package_name
apt-get install package_name
>
> To find a package I also frequently do something like this:
>
> yum list available |grep abr_package_name
This is either "apt-cache search abr_package_name" to look for
prospective packages or "dpkg -l abr_package_name" to show the state of
packages on your system.
[cut]
>
> Now on Centos when I do 'yum update' after a fresh install I usually
> get offered a good number of patches etc. When I do 'apt-get update'
> I seem to get nothing.
Is your sources.list now empty? Having commented out the CD-ROM, you may
need to uncomment one of the other 'deb' lines there. You probably want
something of the form:
deb http://http.XX.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib
(where XX is your country code)
>
> So are there really no patches available or am I doing something
> wrong? How do I get it too download and install new packages with
> apt-get or whatever rather then using the CD?
The other alternative is that you only have something like the above in
your sources.list.
Debian stable is, as it says, in a stable state. That is, the operating
system is released and then will remain in a frozen state until a so
called 'point release' (like a service pack).
If you want regular updates, you should look into either Debian's
'stable-updates' service[1] or switch to the testing distribution.
Testing consists of a fairly stable system, but a moving target. It is
strongly recommended that a server runs stable software, of course.
>
> Is there a FAQ or something out there for users coming from CentOS to Debian?
>
> Thanks.
On 06/06/2011 05:15 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote:
>> Now on Centos when I do 'yum update' after a fresh install I usually
>> get offered a good number of patches etc. When I do 'apt-get update'
>> I seem to get nothing.
>
> Is your sources.list now empty?
Or did you install from a netinstall CD ? That'll pull the latest
updates during the install process itself.
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06-06-2011, 04:25 PM
Camaleón
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:03:36 -0500, Matt wrote:
> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert. Giving
> Debian a whirl now.
(...)
> Now on Centos when I do 'yum update' after a fresh install I usually get
> offered a good number of patches etc. When I do 'apt-get update' I seem
> to get nothing.
>
> So are there really no patches available or am I doing something wrong?
> How do I get it too download and install new packages with apt-get or
> whatever rather then using the CD?
I think you are looking for "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" but you
first have to configure your "/etc/apt/sources.list" file to point to the
right repositories based on your preferences.
http://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
> Is there a FAQ or something out there for users coming from CentOS to
> Debian?
When I migrated from openSUSE I found very useful this "Reference Card"
for a quick start:
http://tangosoft.com/refcard/
(hum... it is not updated, still for lenny)
And of course, the main docs:
http://www.debian.org/doc/index.en.html
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06-06-2011, 05:52 PM
Lisi
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Monday 06 June 2011 17:03:36 Matt wrote:
> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert.
> Giving Debian a whirl now.
Having made a desultary attempt in teh other direction, I feel your pain. :-(
[snip]
> In Centos when I want to update or add a package I do this:
>
> yum update
There is an important and fundamental difference between yum update and
apt-get update. Yum update, as you say, applies patches. Apt-get update
just updates the database of packages on your computer. (I think that yum
simply doesn't do this at all.) The equivalent of yum update is apt-get
full-upgrade - but you must run apt-get update first, or you won't get
anything new. That will apply patches.
> yum install package_name
>
> To find a package I also frequently do something like this:
>
> yum list available |grep abr_package_name
apt-cache search or aptitude search. After updating your database, of
course!!
> To get ssh going I finally did this from console:
>
> apt-get install openssh-server
>
> It demanded I plug the USB CD-ROM back in. Now I have SSH running and
> can eliminate the keyboard and monitor.
>
> After getting ssh installed I edited /etc/apt/sources.list and
> commented out the CD to get it to quit asking for the USB drive which
> will not remain on the system.
>
> Now on Centos when I do 'yum update' after a fresh install I usually
> get offered a good number of patches etc. When I do 'apt-get update'
> I seem to get nothing.
See above.
>
> So are there really no patches available or am I doing something
> wrong? How do I get it too download and install new packages with
> apt-get or whatever rather then using the CD?
Again, see above!
> Is there a FAQ or something out there for users coming from CentOS to
> Debian?
I couldn't find one in the opposite direction. :-( I just had to read up
about yum and work out the differences for myself. I fear that I gave up
rather soon. Running Fedora was just too much like trying to wade through
treacle. Especially as the book I had bought from Fedora documentation told
me zilch about the system, but explained in detail how to use OpenOffice.org.
Lisi
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06-06-2011, 06:27 PM
William Hopkins
Debian Questions on apt-get
On 06/06/11 at 06:52pm, Lisi wrote:
> On Monday 06 June 2011 17:03:36 Matt wrote:
> > I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert.
> > Giving Debian a whirl now.
>
> Having made a desultary attempt in teh other direction, I feel your pain. :-(
>
> [snip]
> > In Centos when I want to update or add a package I do this:
> >
> > yum update
>
> There is an important and fundamental difference between yum update and
> apt-get update. Yum update, as you say, applies patches. Apt-get update
> just updates the database of packages on your computer. (I think that yum
> simply doesn't do this at all.) The equivalent of yum update is apt-get
> full-upgrade - but you must run apt-get update first, or you won't get
> anything new. That will apply patches.
Incorrect, yum installs full packages and is indeed quite similar to apt.
I'm also not familiar with the command `apt-get full-upgrade`.
The reason apt is not showing any 'patches' is because you must have the latest version of all your software, or apt is not configured correctly.
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06-06-2011, 07:14 PM
Lisi
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Monday 06 June 2011 19:27:24 William Hopkins wrote:
> On 06/06/11 at 06:52pm, Lisi wrote:
> > On Monday 06 June 2011 17:03:36 Matt wrote:
> > > I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert.
> > > Giving Debian a whirl now.
> >
> > Having made a desultary attempt in teh other direction, I feel your pain.
> > :-(
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > In Centos when I want to update or add a package I do this:
> > >
> > > yum update
> >
> > There is an important and fundamental difference between yum update and
> > apt-get update. Yum update, as you say, applies patches. Apt-get update
> > just updates the database of packages on your computer. (I think that
> > yum simply doesn't do this at all.) The equivalent of yum update is
> > apt-get full-upgrade - but you must run apt-get update first, or you
> > won't get anything new. That will apply patches.
>
> Incorrect, yum installs full packages and is indeed quite similar to apt.
> I'm also not familiar with the command `apt-get full-upgrade`.
It is you who are incorrect, I'm afraid. I used the term "patches" for yum
because that is what the OP had said. I have no desire to correct him on yum
since he so obviously knows so much more about it than I do. But the fact
remains that yum update installs things and apt-get update simply updates the
database. This caused me considerable confusion. I suggest that you check
this before telling me that I am incorrect in believing it.
The fact that you are unfamiliar with apt-get update is not strictly relevant
here, though if someone who is familiar with it wishes to correct me, I shall
be happy to listen. I use aptitude not apt and there are some differences.
This may be one such.
Lisi
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06-06-2011, 07:39 PM
Matt
Debian Questions on apt-get
> remains that yum update installs things and apt-get update simply updates the
> database. *This caused me considerable confusion. *I suggest that you check
> this before telling me that I am incorrect in believing it.
Doing:
yum update
Causes yum to check all installed packages including kernel and if
there not up too date offer to download all updates.
I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
I think anyway? Being used to yum I like there way better. ;-)
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06-06-2011, 07:58 PM
Lisi
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Monday 06 June 2011 20:39:40 Matt wrote:
> I gather in the apt-get world the equivalent is:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get upgrade
Yes - but certainly in aptitude (I am more familiar with aptitude than with
apt) it is now recommended to use either aptitude safe-upgrade or aptitude
full-upgrade depending on which you want. If I have understood yum correctly
(and, indeed, I may not have!) aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade more
closely resembles yum update than aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade.
I think that there is a different mind-set needed for yum and apt. Once one's
brain is tuned to one it requires a certain amount of mental agility to
switch!
In my few attempts so far to use yum, my mental agility has been lacking and I
have returned to the familiar with a sigh of relief!
Lisi
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06-06-2011, 08:22 PM
Tom H
Debian Questions on apt-get
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 11:03:36AM -0500, Matt wrote:
>>
>> I have worked with Centos quite a bit in past though no expert.
>> Giving Debian a whirl now.
>>
>> yum update
>
> This becomes "apt-get update" in debian.
No. "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" or "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade".
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