[PLUG] apt-get update question
Richard C. Steffens
rsteff.l at comcast.net
Fri Aug 27 10:35:03 UTC 2004
Paul Mullen wrote:
>>Is apt-get update something that needs to be run frequently?
> You could probably run `apt-get update` every day and always find that
> changes have been made to your favorite repository, but there's really
> no reason unless you're planning on freshening up your system, or
> intalling some new packages.
So, if I haven't gotten anything with apt-get for even a few days, it
sounds like it's a good idea to update first.
Thanks.
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Regards,
Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/
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