{"id":142,"date":"2026-04-11T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k0rpd.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:11:51","slug":"update-mint","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k0rpd.com\/wordpress\/update-mint\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Mint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Do this after you install Mint and then occasionally to update to the latest software and security fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be done in one of two very easy ways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By using the Graphical User Interface (GUI):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On your Mint desktop, press the “Linux Mint Menu” (just Menu from now on)<\/p>\n<\/div>

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At the Menu, you can type a part of the name of the program you are looking you.

In this case type “update” to get to the Update Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the “Update Manager”<\/p>\n<\/div>

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You will get this welcome screen the first time you run the Update Manager

Click on “OK”<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Update Manager will list all of the packages that have updates available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see that all of the packages that may be updated have a check-mark in the “Upgrade” column by default.

Click on “Install Updates”<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It will now download and install all of the packages that were selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending on the speed of your internet connection, this may take several minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Good News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system is now updated<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Depending on the type of update (particularly if it updating the kernel), your system may need to be rebooted.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Or by using the Command Line Interface (CLI):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Updates are done using the command “apt”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since this a system-wide (privileged) command, you will need to run this as the system “super user”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To run a command as the super user, preface commands with “sudo” which means “Super User Do”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update the list of packages that may be updated by using the command: apt update<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt update<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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To actually upgrade the packages use one of the two commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt upgrade<\/strong>
This will update the system. This is a safe update, often used for production systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sudo apt dist-upgrade<\/strong>
This will upgrade the system including the kernel.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It downloads the packages.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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It then installs and configures the updates.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Your system is now up to date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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