Old-School Linux Software Updating Techniques | Linux Today

Old-School Linux Software Updating Techniques

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Steven J. Vaughan-NIchols
Jun 6, 2012

Sure, you can use any of the fancy graphical tools for updating Linux or for adding new programs to the open source OS. But sometimes it’s faster and more efficient to use brute force and a command line. For those days, you need to know these shell commands update and add programs to your Linux system.

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Steven J. Vaughan-NIchols

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