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.