• MaddisonOP
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      actually, every morning I wake, I update first thing, so I guess, I found it somewhat useless

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        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.

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          actually, I like updating :') I have some free time and I like looking at package names (that’s a call for help)

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    It’s not necessarily required but it is strongly suggested in case the package you are installing requires the latest version of a dependency.

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    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

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    The god of penguins will punish you if you do not follow his will.

    Tux has spoken.

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    If you don’t, you can end up with dependency issues. Or at the very least you might install old out of date packages