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João Pimentel Ferreira
Asked: 2019-01-13 17:24:26 +0800 CST

Which single command can I have for Ubuntu maintenance?

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I see we have apt update and apt upgrade, but then we should do apt autoremove and/or apt autoclean, etc.

Is there a single command for full Ubuntu maintenance?

updates upgrade

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  1. Best Answer

    We can have 

    sudo apt update -y && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean -y && sudo apt autoclean -y
    • update - updates the list of packages but do not install
    • upgrade - install new versions of packages if new versions are available
    • full-upgrade - performs the function of upgrade but will remove currently installed packages if this is needed to upgrade the system as a whole (fixing bad dependencies then)
    • autoremove, autoclean and clean - clean old packages which are not needed any more
    • option -y does not request for permission on every step
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