I see on my server at the login, that a few updates are available.
How can I see which packages will be updated on my server without starting the update?
use the --dry-run
, -s
, --simulate
, --just-print
, --recon
, --no-act
argument and it won't actually do anything, it'll just tell you what it would do:
From the apt-get man page
-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do
not actually change the system. Configuration Item:
APT::Get::Simulate.
Simulate prints out a series of lines each one representing a dpkg
operation, Configure (Conf), Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square
brackets indicate broken packages with and empty set of square
brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence (rare).
so easily take a look into the comand:
apt-get upgrade --dry-run
or
apt-get upgrade -s