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I have an AWS instance running 4.4.0-1037-aws #40-Ubuntu. When I login in get:

109 packages can be updated. 89 updates are security updates.

How do I preview which these are? and How do I install them?

Regards

Tariq

Tariq
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    What do you mean by "preview?" Are you asking for a list of the upgradable packages in the -security pocket? Or are you asking for something else? Ubuntu is not designed to pick-and-choose among upgrades - doing so can cause all kinds of problems for non-experts. Generally, we recommend Unattended Upgrades to most users, which avoids precisely this question. – user535733 Jul 16 '19 at 14:43
  • If you simply want a list of the -security upgrades, see https://askubuntu.com/a/1088549/19626 – user535733 Jul 16 '19 at 15:02

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To preview (edited the answer linked in user535733 comment: no sudo needed, and shouldn't escape $):

apt list --upgradable | grep "$(lsb_release -cs)-security"

To install:

sudo apt upgrade

Thinking Torus
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  • Thanks, how does one just upgrade security updates? – Tariq Jul 17 '19 at 16:00
  • As you can tell from the man page, apt upgrade is all or nothing (for good reasons). It doesn't allow you to cherry pick which package to upgrade. However, there is a way to upgrade selectively. But it's too much to fit into comments comfortably. Why don't you ask a new question "How do I selectively upgrade packages?" and I will answer it there. – Thinking Torus Jul 18 '19 at 06:55
  • And before you go, accept this answer since I believe it already answered your original question, and ideally also upvote it, and more ideally also get your friends to upvote it ;) Right now I am in this ridiculous situation where I can't even leave a comment, and people think I am just like other newbies who come and go taking what they want leaving nothing in return, and some may even take one step further to assume I don't know what I am talking about -- making it much less fun to contribute here. – Thinking Torus Jul 18 '19 at 06:56