Slapt-get --upgrade is NOT a good idea!

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They say the ‘Devil makes work for idle hands’.

With nothing much to do over Sunday, I decided to experiment with the ‘slapt-get --upgrade’ command. Basically, this upgrades everything on a Linux system. It doesn’t verify the installation, nor does it check for dependencies. Needless to say, I have completely destroyed my VectorLinux installation! :smiley: It boots up to the login screen, but XFCE completely fails to load! I’ve had some success booting into ICEWM, but I don’t really like that GUI, nor Fluxbox for that matter.

Still, another saying goes ‘nothing learned, nothing gained’. And I’ve certainly learned my lesson :wink:

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[ot]I love the line when Linux boots which says something like:

“…[COLOR=“Red”]panic, ‘some-file-name’ not found…”

Why does Windows not panic when the installation buggers?[/ot]

You are right though, if you do not do, you will never be fortunate enough to make mistakes… still better you than me…LOL :cool:

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Windows doesn’t realise whats gone wrong and attempts to run the system with damaged files… :wink:

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I guess this goes without saying, but next time only do global updates using a package manager which resolves dependancies. :slight_smile:

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Kubuntu will give you two options in ‘adept’
[COLOR=“Red”]Full upgrade or the more sensible [COLOR=“Blue”]‘Safe upgrade’.

I suppose that if you were using Kubuntu you could have avoided the mishapp…:stuck_out_tongue:
LOL…

Only joking…:wink:

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As you know, I use Ubuntu on another computer so I am familiar with ‘apt-get’ as well.
To be honest though, there is little difference between slapt and apt.