Hello everyone. Is it possible to rewrite the upgrading script so it downloads all the upgrades first and then applies them, rather than installing each downloaded upgrade. I think it is safer this way . I once suffered a power cut, which is often in my country, while upgrading and it left me with broken system. I had to re-install the system again .Thanks. :)
You can do it cli in a terminal.
Of course if you are in a root terminal you do not need sudo
man apt doesn't seem to show the -d flag for download only
First you would have to do ((sudo)) apt update)
then in Stable - Sparky5
((sudo)) apt upgrade -d
testing sid -- Rolling Sparky6
((sudo)) apt full-upgrade -d
Thanks Paxmark1. I will use it, but I still wish you modify the upgrading script. Thanks.
I am just a hobbyist, I never got more than a C+ ( not even a B minus) in any computer course in the late 70's. It is others who would have to change aptus. I can testify that the -d flag is very very helpful when using Sid-unstable
I forgot to write that after sudo "apt upgrade -d" that you would need to run "apt upgrade" to upgrade them all, or in a rough patch of Sid where perl or python or C is going through a major upgrade you can "cherry pick" your specific upgrades via apt install foo foo1 foor 2 - foo being whatever binaries you wish to install.
peace out