Ubuntu Getting started with Ubuntu Keeping Ubuntu and your packages up to date
Example
Once you installed Ubuntu, you might want to get the latest patches and updates. Using Ubuntu's easy to use package manager Aptitude, the OS along with all future packages that is installed using this manner can be kept up to date.
- Download the latest package lists by refreshing information from the repositories:
sudo apt-get update
- Then proceed to run the following command to review which packages can upgraded:
sudo apt-get upgrade
- Assuming you are satisfied with the lists of packages that can be upgraded, enter
yto start the installation process.
Also you could just hit enter, when presented with a choice the capitalized choice is the default, and is selected if you hit enter and type nothing.
