Updating the Raspberry Pi for Beginners

by | Sep 13, 2016

Updating my Raspberry Pi

 

 

First step is to update to the latest packages.

 

At the command prompt, or in terminal (if you booted into a desktop) enter the following command:

 

sudo apt-get update

 

 

Next lets apply the updates.

 

At the prompt, enter the following command.  This may take a little time, depending on how many updates there are.

 

sudo apt-get upgrade -y

 

 

Next lets upgrade our distro.

 

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y

 

 

Lets clean up our packages.

 

sudo apt-get clean

 

Time to reboot the Raspberry Pi.

 

sudo reboot

 

When it restarts, you should be updated to the latest and greatest.