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Old Geezer
Asked: 2021-03-25 01:55:16 +0800 CST

Check whether there are any updates

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What is the command or script that generates the report that says:

xx packages can be updated.
yy of these updates are security updates
apt

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  1. Best Answer

    On a regular Ubuntu system, the content is generated by /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available using the following command:

    /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable

    You can run this command manually without elevated privileges:

    $ /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
103 packages can be updated.
77 of these updates are security updates.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable
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