Proper way of updating installed packages

eco_bach · 04-15-2017, 02:42 PM

When I go to a TTY terminal

Code:

Ctrl Alt F1

I see a message saying there are xx number of packages to be updated.

So I assume I should go ahead and update...but how?

r3sistance · 04-15-2017, 03:00 PM

What distribution are you using? I'm guessing Ubuntu.

For ubuntu, from GUI you can use software updater or from CLI, apt.

For apt, the following line will likely do this.

Code:

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

eco_bach · 04-16-2017, 09:07 AM

Thanks. My CLI jujitsu a bit rusty...

ondoho · 04-16-2017, 04:30 PM

^ so is your duckduckgo-fu.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+how...alled+packages

Habitual · 04-16-2017, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eco_bach

Thanks. My CLI jujitsu a bit rusty...

update notifications can come from anywhere.

http://ubuntu-manual.org/

AwesomeMachine · 04-16-2017, 07:58 PM

I update when I'm good and ready, regardless of if there are updates available. You don't really have to update just because there are updates available.