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January 1, 2022 at 9:58 pm #74363
seaken64
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    The Package Installer does not have all the possible packages you may want to install. If you use Synaptic you can hit the “Reload” button to update the database. The CLI_aptiX package manager also runs the updates for you. I tend to use the Terminal and type in:

    sudo apt update

    and then:

    sudo apt dist-upgrade

    or

    sudo apt dist-upgrade --fix-missing

    I do this once in awhile on my machines I used almost daily. On machines that have been sitting unused I do this immediately after boot up. As already said, I can read the screen in the terminal and decide if I want to proceed or abort and do some research first. If there are recommendation to use autoremove I go aherad and run, in the terminal:

    sudo apt autoremove

    I know there are some GUI tools available but I just feel more comfortable doing the updates and upgrades by terminal.

    Seaken64