When updating, is using "sudo apt-get update" the same as using the GUI update on desktop?

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Is using sudo apt-get update the same as using the GUI update on the desktop?

sudo apt-get update merely refreshes your software list with updates and new packages. The GUI does that same thing, but also tells you about new updates and lets you install them. sudo apt-get upgrade is what will update your packages. — TheWanderer, Oct 25 '15 at 22:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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If you do the command line updates, there are a couple of extra steps:

sudo apt-get update updates the libraries such that your computer can tell what packages are outdates

sudo apt-get upgrade upgrades most packages

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade upgrades packages which require greater system modification.

A combination of ... update followed by ... dist-upgrade and then sudo reboot is the same as the gui

There is a very good link to the apt-get upgrade commands here

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Oct 25 '15 at 15:19

Charles Green

This answer makes this iteration of this question the ideal one! – Oct 25 '15 at 15:50

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