How-To Update Software
If you use Ubuntu or Ubuntu MATE's "Software Updater," then you may not be getting all the software updates for your system. The image below may look familiar if you use the Graphical User Interface (GUI) to update or upgrade the software on your computer. However, there's another way to update or upgrade your software that will install more updates compared to the "Software Updater."
You can use the Terminal to update or upgrade the software on your computer, even if your "Software Updater" says, "The software on this computer is up to date."
How to Update or Upgrade Your Software:
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to update your PPAs: sudo apt update
3. Type in your password and press Enter or Return
4. Type the following command: sudo apt upgrade
5. Press Enter or Return
7. Type Y and press Enter or Return
Below is a list screenshots to illustrate the steps above.
Type the following command to update your PPAs: sudo apt update and then press the Enter or Return key. Enter your password when prompted.
1. Open the Terminal (Shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T)
2. Type the following command to update your PPAs: sudo apt update
3. Type in your password and press Enter or Return
4. Type the following command: sudo apt upgrade
5. Press Enter or Return
7. Type Y and press Enter or Return
Below is a list screenshots to illustrate the steps above.
Type the following command to update your PPAs: sudo apt update and then press the Enter or Return key. Enter your password when prompted.
Type the following command sudo apt upgrade and then press the Enter or Return key.
If your computer has any updates it will display a message like, "The following packages will be upgraded:" Type Y and press Enter or Return to start the update or upgrade process.
It will display a progress bar as it installs your updates or upgrades.
If you see the message, "The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required" before you start the upgrade progress then you can free up space on your hard drive.
After your software updates or upgrades type the following command sudo apt autoremove and then press the Enter or Return key.
It will display the name of the following packages that will be removed and it will display the amount of free space that will be freed after you remove the software packages that is no longer on your computer. In my example below, I was able to free up 336 MB of disk space.
Type the y key and then press the Enter or Return key to start the autoremove command.
Type the y key and then press the Enter or Return key to start the autoremove command.
When the process completes, your computer will be updated and cleaned off.
I hope this helped you learn a new way to keep your computer software up-to-date and cleaned off.
Take care!
I hope this helped you learn a new way to keep your computer software up-to-date and cleaned off.
Take care!
