Equivalent of yum check-update

MR ZenWiz mrzenwiz at gmail.com
Thu Dec 9 04:30:55 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:00 PM, steve reilly <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> On 12/08/2010 09:56 PM, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Is there any equivalent of yum check-update in ubuntu?
>> I've googled but so far found no definitive solution.
>>
>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/%20RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora
>> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2009/02/21/email-notification-of-available-updates-ubuntudebian-server/
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
> if "yum check update" updates the package managers database, then
> apt-get update does the same thing on debian based systems.
>

yum check-update looks to see if any updates are available and what
without performing the update.
'sudo apt-get -s update' probably does the same thing here (simulate
but don't execute).




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