How to manually update Linux (Debian-based OSes)

To manually update and upgrade Debian-based Linux packages, run the following command and type in your password in Terminal:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y

Need to clean things up?

sudo apt-get autoclean && sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get autoremove

Are things broken?

sudo dpkg --configure -a

Still broken?

sudo apt-get install -f 

This was tested and working on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Debian, Parrot OS, Kali, and Kodachi

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