So, you almost didn't get this article.
I'll share the story...
I have a spare article but it's actually a bit of a duplicate - as I've covered it before. I realized this before I smashed the 'schedule' button and didn't want to delete it. So, I set it as a draft. I figure it's a duplicate but I may need an emergency article and I'd rather a duplicate than nothing. (I haven't written a bunch of articles ahead in a while. I should.)
See, it all started with me trying to update a Linux Mint box. I was still using like v. 20 on that device. Well, that installation was not good. It had some problems. Like, if I wanted to reboot it'd take multiple minutes and I'd still sometimes have to hit up the terminal to log in and then start the GUI with 'startx'. It was that bad.
So, I kind of figured things were going to go south. I backed up my /home to a nice fresh backup and did the upgrade process. This failed in a spectacular manner and I wasted time as I thought I might.
Fortunately, I'd downloaded a Mint .iso fairly recently and it's only 21.1 but was close enough. I installed that (and am moving to 21.2 right this minute). I didn't really want to spand the time fixing it and I figured any fix I used was still just going to be a bandage. This meant the reasonable course of action was to re-install the operating system, as I kinda expected.
That took me until late in the evening. It was very late by the time I wrote the article. It was nearing 23:00 when I finished it, and I still had much work ahead of me.
Which is why we got this article, a nice and easy one, but only useful if you're using apt. It's useful not just for Ubuntu, but also Debian, Mint, etc.
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I'll share the story...
I have a spare article but it's actually a bit of a duplicate - as I've covered it before. I realized this before I smashed the 'schedule' button and didn't want to delete it. So, I set it as a draft. I figure it's a duplicate but I may need an emergency article and I'd rather a duplicate than nothing. (I haven't written a bunch of articles ahead in a while. I should.)
See, it all started with me trying to update a Linux Mint box. I was still using like v. 20 on that device. Well, that installation was not good. It had some problems. Like, if I wanted to reboot it'd take multiple minutes and I'd still sometimes have to hit up the terminal to log in and then start the GUI with 'startx'. It was that bad.
So, I kind of figured things were going to go south. I backed up my /home to a nice fresh backup and did the upgrade process. This failed in a spectacular manner and I wasted time as I thought I might.
Fortunately, I'd downloaded a Mint .iso fairly recently and it's only 21.1 but was close enough. I installed that (and am moving to 21.2 right this minute). I didn't really want to spand the time fixing it and I figured any fix I used was still just going to be a bandage. This meant the reasonable course of action was to re-install the operating system, as I kinda expected.
That took me until late in the evening. It was very late by the time I wrote the article. It was nearing 23:00 when I finished it, and I still had much work ahead of me.
Which is why we got this article, a nice and easy one, but only useful if you're using apt. It's useful not just for Ubuntu, but also Debian, Mint, etc.
How To: Update A Single Package In Ubuntu • Linux Tips
Today's article should be short because it's late in the evening and I have decided to write about how to update a single package in Ubuntu.
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You may notice an annoying new feature, where I invite people to sign up for the newsletter. It's a trial to see if it nets me more subscribers, 'cause my subscriber list isn't all that big considering the size of the readership. It so far appears to be helping.
