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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