search

rsnk96 / Ubuntu-Setup-Scripts

Scripts to help you set up your Ubuntu quickly, especially if you're in any subfield of Data Science or AI!
Apache License 2.0
128 stars 76 forks source link

Curious about the use of `full-upgrade` over `upgrade` #90

Closed aswinkumar1999 closed 3 years ago

aswinkumar1999 commented 3 years ago

Any specific reason to go with full-upgrade instead of upgrade ? full-upgrade broke my CUDA and Driver Installation and created a dependency conflict between NVIDIA Drivers and the CUDA versions and a year earlier broke my ROS Noetic installation as well.

https://github.com/rsnk96/Ubuntu-Setup-Scripts/blob/2979e32d6e85435ee9ec3dffabd86681fd61787b/config_files/bash_aliases#L7

From a bit of Googling, I was able to find the following regarding full-upgrade

full-upgrade (apt-get(8)) performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole.

and from another StackOverflow thread

Command Upgrade Install Remove
apt-get upgrade Yes No No
apt upgrade Yes Yes No
apt-get dist-upgrade, apt full-upgrade etc. Yes Yes Yes

Wouldn't it be safer to go with upgrade?

rsnk96 commented 3 years ago

Yes, agreed, safer to go with upgrade. Good catch! Do you want to open a PR?

aswinkumar1999 commented 3 years ago

Opened a PR for the same.

Thanks