I am trying to comply with government requirements and need to keep my 15.04 server up to date. Mostly 15.04 has recent packages. Can I upgrade Apache on the command line? I need openssh 6.9 or better, is that also possible?
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For this versions you need a PPA or you need to compile the desired version. The latest version in Vivid for this packages is
$ apt-cache policy openssh-server
openssh-server:
Installed: 1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1
Candidate: 1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1 0
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
and
$ apt-cache policy apache2
apache2:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.4.10-9ubuntu1
Version table:
2.4.10-9ubuntu1 0
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main i386 Packages
The version 2.4.12 for apache2
is in Wily, but no version 6.9 for openssh-sever
Yes, run the following commands to upgrade those packages to the newest versions available for 15.04:
sudo apt-get update
that command updates the list of packages available from the ubuntu server
sudo apt-get install openssh-server apache2
that command will upgrade those packages to the newest versions
You may want to upgrade all packages to get all the newest security u updates:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Finally, you may want to run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to get the newest kernel updates which also include security updates for the kernel to be most secure but choose wisely when you run this command as it may make changes to the system that can have an effect on the way things function so do not run the dist-upgrade
command unless you have some extra down time to spare in case you need to fix some stuff. Also, you may need to reboot after a dist-upgrade
for the changes to take effect.
What is "dist-upgrade" and why does it upgrade more than "upgrade"?