Published May 14th, 2007 by admin
How to Update Ubuntu
I was going to right a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu, but after browsing around the web, it looks like this topic has been covered to death. Instead just Google it if you need any help. Chances are you won’t as it is pretty straightforward.
Now you have it installed how do you update to the latest patches?
Easy. Either click on the bright orange icon in the top tool bar to the left of the clock or do it manually through the terminal.
To update Ubuntu through the terminal, open the terminal by clicking Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.
Once the terminal is open type the following:
sudo apt-get update
It will prompt you for you password. Enter it and it will scroll a bunch of text and return to the prompt. Then enter:
sudo apt-get upgrade
It will output some text listing what will be upgraded and ask if you want to continue by typing a “y“.
Go ahead and let it do its thing. Once finished it will return to the command prompt at which you can type:
exit
That’s it!
Bonus Tip: To copy and paste into the terminal window, copy as you would from your source and then to paste into the terminal press ctrl-shift-v instead of just ctrl-v like normal.