A cheatsheet for updating Linux
Nočnica Mellifera
Posted on February 10, 2020
cover image by Tarekheikal
Linux needs updates, badly! Here's how to keep your version of Linux updated (not sure which version of Linux you have? Good news I wrote a guide to that)
Update commands
- On Debian-based distributions, you use
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
; - On Redhat-based distributions,
yum update
; - On Arch-based distributions,
pacman -Syu
. -
Slackware-based distributions vary in their approaches to package management:
- On SUSE-like distributions, you use
zypper up
; - On Slackware itself, you manage packages manually with the help of the suite of package tools.
- On SUSE-like distributions, you use
-
Gentoo uses a package management system called Portage. You run
emerge --sync
, do what the prompt says, then runemerge -atv
. - Other consult your distribution's documentation.
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Nočnica Mellifera
Posted on February 10, 2020
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