Anonymous
Any quick way of upgrading individual apps?
Yup! You simply install and use Windows! There you need to update each and every single app individually. 😉
Seriously, it very much depends about on how did you install your app. Usually, there’s no way at all to upgrade a single app because of the all dependencies.
In ‘normal’ case, in Linux you’d install your apps through the repository which means, you’re getting the version that’s in repository and not the newest.
For example, the newest version of some app SOME_APP is on version 6.0.4 but you’re still using/getting the version 5.2.2 out of the repositories.
If you always want the newest versions of apps, you’ll not use Linux on the first place and if you do, you’ll not use anything Debian based.
Sometimes, you can get some apps directly from the developers website, like Telegram, for example. That’s the best way to get the apps.
Then, all you need is, download, unpack and run — the app itself will take care about all the rest (incl. updates/upgrades).
In case you’re installing the same app from the Distro repositories, you’ll be a couple of versions behind.
That’s why the PPA’s and recently AppImage, FlatPak and Snaps are getting so popular.
Every OS has it’s own advantages and disadvantages.