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Is there a command to upgrade a package and all its dependencies without upgrading all packages?

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http://askubuntu.com – We have a meta-package, similar to ubuntu-desktop, that requires a bunch of dependencies to run some internal, not-yet-packaged code. Currently we are updating the meta-package so that it requires >= the current version every time we repackage it so that its dependencies will be upgraded when it is installed. However, if there was a way to upgrade a package and all its dependencies without upgrading all packages then that would be much simpler. Is that possible? (HowTos)

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Submitted by Danial on 08/22/2012

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