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Ali Razmdideh
Asked: 2017-01-27 12:08:02 +0800 CST

Automatically update the repositories , when install an application

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As you know when we are use apt-get update , it updates packages list .

So when we want to install an application or upgrade the older ones, it's better to run apt-get update command to install the Latest application or upgrade to the Latest one .

And here is the question :

What can I do to run apt-get update command automatically, when I run apt-get install Application or apt-get upgrade commands ?

Update : I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 distribution .

16.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You could make aliases that you run instead of the real commands, like this:

    alias apt-upgrade='sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade'
alias apt-install='sudo apt update && sudo apt install'

    To test, you can simply define the aliases for your current session only by running the two lines above directly in your terminal. If you are happy with them, make the definitions persistent for your user account by either appending them to the end of your ~/.bashrc file or your ~/.bash_aliases file (which you have to create first in case it doesn't exist yet).

    After the aliases are defined one way or the other, you can use them like this:

    • running apt-upgrade will be equivalent to typing

      sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

    • running apt-install SOME PACKAGES will be equivalent to typing

      sudo apt update && sudo apt install SOME PACKAGES
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