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FYI apt-get update does not update any packages. It just downloads the current list of packages and their versions from the repository.
by aminuit 16y ago
FYI apt-get update does not update any packages. It just downloads the current list of packages and their versions from the repository.
- patrickgzill 16y agoThat is right, apt-get update only updates the list. apt-get upgrade upgrade currently installed packages to the latest version. If you want to do it all on one line, "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" is the answer. The && means "run the second command only if the first command completes without an error" .
- vog 16y agoNote that on modern Debian systems, aptitude is preferable to apt-get because it has better dependency resolution etc: aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade You can also run aptitude without any arguments which starts a nice text UI: aptitude