[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
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