How to update your Ubuntu server packages
I have a few VPS based on Ubuntu and I have an alert on my calendar to login from time to time and update the packages and keep up with security fixes.
Here’s the sequence I use (it’s mostly a note to myself for the next time I forget)
Connect as root to the server, then you run:
apt-get updateto get the packages index updates.
Then run:
apt-get upgradeto actually update the packages.
Then, if needed (depends on the kind of packages that needed an update), reboot the system:
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