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Old 01-17-2013
Upgrade a package on Ubuntu
Hi,

I want to upgrade a package to a specified version on Ubuntu, can you please shed some light?

I know we can do it with
Quote:
apt-get install package
but jere i want to upgrade the package to a specified version.

Can someone please assist?

Thanks
# 2  
Old 02-04-2013
Code:
# apt-get upgrade <package>

Will list the available updates for that package and let you install them by
Code:
apt-get install {package-name}

Last edited by radoulov; 02-04-2013 at 12:17 PM.. Reason: Code tags.
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