have to update on a regular basis...why?

[Colin Law]

On 8 March 2015 at 02:27, phil <phil at philfixit.info> wrote:
>
> On 8/03/2015 1:13 PM, Dan Purgert wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 08 Mar 2015 01:57:21 +0000, Thufir wrote:
>>
>>> Quite frequently when I go to install a package it can't be found, but
>>> just running sudo apt-get update fixes that.  Why the constant need to
>>> update?  It's not like the package was suddenly added.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> Thufir
>>
>>
>> Updates your apt-repo list.  In theory, you shouldn't need to do this
>> unless you're adding new PPAs or repos.  However, it's possible that apt-
>> get has some form of age limit on the cached information anyway ... some
>> quick google-fu didn't turn up anything though, and the man pages aren't
>> exactly helpful either.
>>
>>
> Thufir i just use a command like thus on a fairly regular basis:
>
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade &&
> sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean && exit


No need to run upgrade, dist-upgrade will do an upgrade plus anything
else it needs to do.

Colin