Linux-Noob Forums - keep fedora up to date using apt

if you want to automate fedora keeping up to date, and you use apt (as in apt-get)

then try this (as root)

Code:
vi /etc/cron.daily/apt.sh

then paste the following into the blank file

Code:
#!/bin/sh

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

now save the file and make it executable

Code:
chmod +x apt.sh

to test it try doing this

Code:
sh /etc/cron.daily/apt.sh

and you'll see something like the following:

Quote:[root@localhost cron.daily]# sh /etc/cron.daily/apt.shGet:1 [/url]http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386 release [2139B]

Fetched 2139B in 0s (4712B/s)

Hit http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/core pkglist

Hit http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/core release

Hit http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/updates pkglist

Hit http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/updates release

Hit http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms pkglist

Hit [url=http://ayo.freshrpms.net]http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/3/i386/freshrpms release

Reading Package Lists... Done

Building Dependency Tree... Done

Reading Package Lists... Done

Building Dependency Tree... Done

The following packages have been kept back

libpostproc mplayer sylpheed

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 3 not upgraded.

[root@localhost cron.daily]#

cheers

anyweb