sudo unattended-upgrade

Category: VPS Management

sudo unattended-upgrade

Run automatic security upgrades now

unattended-upgrade (singular binary) applies the security and allowed-origin updates configured in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades right now, outside its normal nightly schedule. It resolves dependencies and handles dpkg config-file prompts automatically. Output lands in /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log.
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