CPressland Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 Hey there, i'm new to the server side of Ubuntu and so far i'm impressed, it's better then Debian IMHO Anyway, just a quick question, how can I update the packages installed on my system (apache, proftpg, etc) from the CLI, I dont want to install a GUI as I can perform every task I need via the CLI. Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted May 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2008 sudo apt-get update will update all of your currently installed packages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodrain Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 dont forget to do "sudo apt-get upgrade" after the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPressland Posted May 15, 2008 Author Share Posted May 15, 2008 If you guys were woman i'd be asking you out on a date right now. Thanks guys :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermenpaca Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 In fact, "sudo apt-get update" will do nothing sort of an update for your intallation: it will only UPDATE the list of packages from the repositories, to "learn" which are the latest versions "sudo apt-get upgrade" performs the UPGRADE of versions that you were requesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted May 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2008 ^^^ :pinch: Darn my Red Hat background. In that world, "update" will actually "update" your system. In Debian-land, you use "upgrade" to update your current packages, and "dist-upgrade" to upgrade your install version (7.10 -> 8.04). Learn something every day. Just need to pick and old fact to forget, so I can make room for the new learning. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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