sudo apt-get --dist-upgrade E: Sense dist is not understood, try true or false. hexstar@hexstar-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: hpijs hplip hplip-data k3b kate kcontrol kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-kio-plugins kdepasswd kdeprint kdesktop kdm kfind khelpcenter kicker klipper kmenuedit konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd kwin libk3b2 libkonq4 libkrb53 libmagick9 libmysqlclient15off libpq5 libqt3-headers libqt3-mt libqt3-mt-dev libsndfile1 libssl0.9.8 linux-headers-2.6.20-16 linux-headers-2.6.20-16-386 linux-headers-2.6.20-16-generic linux-image-2.6.20-16-generic linux-libc-dev mysql-common openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common openoffice.org-kde openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-style-crystal openoffice.org-style-human openoffice.org-writer openssl python-uno qt3-apps-dev qt3-assistant qt3-designer qt3-dev-tools qt3-dev-tools-compat qt3-dev-tools-embedded qt3-doc qt3-examples qt3-linguist qt3-qtconfig rdiff-backup ttf-opensymbol tzdata update-manager-core 70 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 179MB of archives. After unpacking, 32.8kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y