[Ubuntu] How to handle messages saying packages can be updated or updates are security updates
I’ll introduce what you should do when messages like “packages can be updated.” or “updates are security updates.” are displayed in the terminal on Ubuntu.
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42 packages can be updated.
0 updates are security updates.
The solution is simply to run apt-get update and apt-get upgrade.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Keep Ubuntu package updates current regularly.
That’s all from the Gemba.