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**vinnywright** · Oct 19, 2014, 08:27 PM

you do realize that Kubuntu 14.10 beta 2, KDE 5 plasma is a development release for testing ............and things will brake and be fixed and brake again as it comes together.

that sead if you can get loged in do

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

to get all the updates that have been released sense the .iso was uploaded .

happy testing

VINNY

**Janning** · Oct 19, 2014, 08:39 PM

Yes I realize its beta, but its at Release candidate stage...it should be "ready" I'd think? and the final release is out in a few days.
I regularly (3-4 times day) do:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I order

Won't that achieve the same as "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" ?? (is this a one line command that does It all?)

--AJ

**vinnywright** · Oct 19, 2014, 09:35 PM

if you use "dist-upgrade" you can forgo the "upgrade" one ,,,,,and so yes the one I posted would be a "one liner" for it in that case

the difference between the 2 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,from "man apt-get"

Code:

 upgrade
           upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system
           from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new
           versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed
           packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of
           currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another
           package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get
           knows that new versions of packages are available.

       dist-upgrade
           dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing
           dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and
           it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if
           necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list
           file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also
           apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages.

VINNY

**Janning** · Oct 19, 2014, 10:28 PM

Good to know thanks. So? for my locking issue, the verdict is keep doing update / dist-upgrade...and next week this will put me up to the final release version....which hopefully will have the fix to my issue?

**Rog132** · Oct 20, 2014, 01:43 AM

Technical preview

I just did a fresh install of Kubuntu 14.10 beta 2, KDE 5 plasma...

...So? for my locking issue, the verdict is keep doing update / dist-upgrade...and next week this will put me up to the final release version....which hopefully will have the fix to my issue?

The Plasma 5 is a technical preview /1/ (of the Kubuntu 15.04)

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/1410-beta-2

Kubuntu Plasma 5 Tech Preview. Try Kubuntu Plasma 5 to see the future of desktop software but expect some more bugs as we iron out the integration...

Plasma 5 on Kubuntu 14.10

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ku...ne/008527.html

...Once the software matures upstream, we plan to push the packages into
Ubuntu 15.04 once the archive opens, and then eventually switch to
Plasma 5
as the default desktop environment at some point in the future.

Until such a change happens, we would still like users to try out
Plasma 5 and provide feedback...

Links

1. Software release life cycle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softwar...ase_life_cycle

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