You don’t have to do this. Run something like apticron if you want to make sure you don’t miss security updates or want everything on the latest version all the time.
It updates the package lists APT uses.
You don’t have to run update before installing. But you could be installing the previous version of the application. For instance if you never run update, the upgrade command won’t do anything.
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riodoro1@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y
You want to know what the store actually has in stock before buying.
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
actually, every morning I wake, I update first thing, so I guess, I found it somewhat useless
forwardvoid@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 3y
You don’t have to do this. Run something like apticron if you want to make sure you don’t miss security updates or want everything on the latest version all the time.
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
actually, I like updating :') I have some free time and I like looking at package names (that's a call for help)
oleorun@lemmy.fan · 15 pts · 3y
It's not necessarily required but it is strongly suggested in case the package you are installing requires the latest version of a dependency.
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
thank you!
forwardvoid@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 3y
It updates the package lists APT uses. You don’t have to run update before installing. But you could be installing the previous version of the application. For instance if you never run update, the upgrade command won’t do anything.
Edit: spelling
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3y
thanks!
Lammy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Shikadi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
If you don't, you can end up with dependency issues. Or at the very least you might install old out of date packages
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
I have some dependency issues for sure
TheKrzyk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
We all need to apt update && apt upgrade our lives from time to time
Maddison@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Amen!
vpzom@dev.narwhal.city · 4 pts · 3y
coming from arch that's terrifying
rarely@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
Don’t ask. It makes things more exciting that way.