Updating and Upgrading a Debian base Linux OS,s

Aliases for updating, upgrading and cleaning with “update“

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To add aliases for updating, upgrading and cleaning up a Debian-based Linux system within the .bashrc file, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal and switch to your user account by running the command su - yourusername.
2. Open the .bashrc file in your preferred text editor. For example, to open the file using the Nano editor, run the command nano ~/.bashrc.
3. Add the following lines to the end of the .bashrc file:

# Alias for updating and upgrading the system
alias update='sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt autoclean -y'

4. Save the changes and exit the editor by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y, then Enter.
5. Reload the .bashrc file to apply the changes by running the command source ~/.bashrc.

Now, whenever you want to update, upgrade and clean up your Debian-based Linux system, you can simply run the update alias in the terminal. This will automatically run the necessary apt commands to update, upgrade and clean up the system.

$ update

Will update, upgrade and clean your system. It will require and ask for sudo password. You will get a Ok in your screen if all goes well.