Why should I run sudo apt update before installing a package? Why!?

3 years ago by Maddison to c/linux

riodoro1 21 points 3 years ago

You want to know what the store actually has in stock before buying.

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Maddison 3 points 3 years ago

actually, every morning I wake, I update first thing, so I guess, I found it somewhat useless

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forwardvoid 7 points 3 years ago

You don’t have to do this. Run something like apticron if you want to make sure you don’t miss security updates or want everything on the latest version all the time.

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Maddison 2 points 3 years ago

actually, I like updating :') I have some free time and I like looking at package names (that's a call for help)

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oleorun 15 points 3 years ago

It's not necessarily required but it is strongly suggested in case the package you are installing requires the latest version of a dependency.

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Maddison 5 points 3 years ago

thank you!

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forwardvoid 10 points 3 years ago

It updates the package lists APT uses. You don’t have to run update before installing. But you could be installing the previous version of the application. For instance if you never run update, the upgrade command won’t do anything.

Edit: spelling

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Maddison 3 points 3 years ago

thanks!

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Lammy 6 points 3 years ago

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vpzom 4 points 3 years ago

coming from arch that's terrifying

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Shikadi 4 points 3 years ago

If you don't, you can end up with dependency issues. Or at the very least you might install old out of date packages

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Maddison 5 points 3 years ago

I have some dependency issues for sure

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TheKrzyk 3 points 3 years ago

We all need to apt update && apt upgrade our lives from time to time

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Maddison 1 point 3 years ago

Amen!

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rarely 1 point 3 years ago

Don’t ask. It makes things more exciting that way.

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