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How do I update apt-get package?

How do I update apt-get package?

To update a single package on the system, use the apt-get command + the package name we want to update. Press “space” to scroll through the list of installed packages. See their version and of course obtain the exact package name in order to update it with the: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade packagename command.

What is apt-get update and upgrade?

apt-get update updates the list of available packages and their versions, but it does not install or upgrade any packages. apt-get upgrade actually installs newer versions of the packages you have. After updating the lists, the package manager knows about available updates for the software you have installed.

How do I install a specific version of apt-get package?

Run the following command to install a specific version of a package {Firefox in our example}. So the code becomes “sudo apt install firefox=45.0. 2+build1-0ubuntu1” which needs to be executed. -s is the parameter to simulate the installation so that no erroe is encountered during the installation process.

How do I upgrade a specific package in Ubuntu?

How to Ubuntu upgrade or update a single package

  1. Open the Terminal application.
  2. Fetch package index by running sudo apt update command.
  3. Now only update apache2 package by running sudo apt install apache2 command.
  4. If apache2 package already installed it will try to update to the latest version.

What is the difference between apt-get upgrade and update?

apt-get update updates the list of available packages and their versions, but it does not install or upgrade any packages. apt-get upgrade actually installs newer versions of the packages you have. After updating the lists, the package manager knows about available updates for the software you have installed.

What does sudo apt-get update command do?

What does sudo apt-get update command do? The sudo apt-get update command is used to download package information from all configured sources. The sources often defined in /etc/apt/sources.list file and other files located in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ directory. So when you run update command, it downloads the package information from the Internet.

What exactly is apt-get?

apt-get is a command-line tool which helps in handling packages in Linux . Its main task is to retrieve the information and packages from the authenticated sources for installation, upgrade and removal of packages along with their dependencies. Here APT stands for the Advanced Packaging Tool.