What is the purpose of running `apt-get upgrade` then `full-upgrade` when upgrading to a new Debian release?
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The Debian Upgrade guide from the Debian Wiki , in two different places, says to run these commands:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get full-upgrade
What is the purpose of running both? Doesn't
full-upgrade
do everything that upgrade
does?
Asked by kj7rrv
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Jun 29, 2025, 09:49 PM
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