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Author: terryc
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] USB mount problem
On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 13:33:56 +0200
"dng@???" <dng@???> wrote:

> On 26-06-2021 11:45, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 6:10 PM Patrick Bartek via Dng
> > <dng@???> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:34:32 +0200
> >> Alessandro Vesely via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue 15/Jun/2021 20:41:09 +0200 Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote:
> >>>> I have found that each desktop uses its own method of
> >>>> automounting. PCManFM may have the mounting code built-in. Or it
> >>>> may use udiskie. Check PCManFM's dependencies and see if udiskie
> >>>> is listed. Did you install udiskie yourself? If not, then some
> >>>> other app did and it's probably needed. If it's not causing
> >>>> problems, leave it be.
> >>>
> >>> Right. For spacefm it is udevil.
> >>>
> >>> Curiously, spacefm was mounting smoothly until yesterday, on
> >>> chimaera
> >>> + openbox. After I did a system upgrade, I couldn't mount an USB
> >>> key any more, until I manually installed udevil. What happened,
> >>> dependency changes?
> >> This is one of the "gotchas" that can happen when running an "in
> >> development" version. As far as why it happen: could be a number
> >> of things. Most of the time, it's because a dependency, like
> >> udevil to spacefm, become mismatched version-wise. That is,
> >> udevil has become "too old" to work with spacefm, and the upgrade
> >> process uninstalls it. Try "full-grade" instead of just "upgrade"
> >> to get the newer version of the dependencies when "upgrading." In
> >> fact, this is the recommended procedure when running an "in
> >> development" or testing version.
> > Please - - - not understanding the command(s) suggested.
> > I usually use :
> > # apt update
> > # apt upgrade
> >
> > so you're suggesting the use of
> > # apt update
> > # apt full-grade
> > or is that
> > # apt full-upgrade    ?

> >
> > TIA
>
> The right command is  apt full-upgrade.
>
> The main difference between full-upgrade and upgrade is full-upgrade
> also delete dependencies which are no longer used. I guess that the
> older version apt-get dist-upgrade does do something similar.


Weirdly, I've never heard of apt full-upgrade.

It is always been;
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get upgrade
     sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
and occasionally one of the upgrades will suggest
     sudo apr autoremove 




            
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