# How do I update my kali linux os form the terminal

It's hard to update the os from the terminal as many errors can happen

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- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Security analyst
- Net upvotes: 2


## Comments
### Comment 1

sudo apt update && apt upgrade -y -y

And if you want to full upgrade your kali then use this command.

sudo apt full-upgrade -y

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- Posted at: 3 months ago
- Author title: Techinacl support



### Comment 2

Log in as a root on Kali Linux; the default password is "toor", without the quotes. You can also use su to switch the user or sudo to execute single commands if using a regular user is preferred instead of root.

Open a terminal.

Run the apt-get update command. This will download the updated list of packages (applications and tools) that are available to install.

apt-get update

Once the update is finished, run the following command to update non-system packages to their last stable version:

apt-get upgrade

When asked to continue, press Y and then press Enter.

Next, let's upgrade our system. Type the following command and press Enter:

apt-get dist-upgrade

Now, we have our Kali Linux up-to-date and ready to continue.

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- Posted at: almost 3 years ago



### Comment 3

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

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Pentester | SOC Analyst | DFIR | CTF PLAYER | eJPT | eCPPT




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