As a best practice, we should keep all the server patch with latest update. This tutorial tells i will demonstrate how to patch your Debian server with the latest updates. You need to use either apt-get command or apt command to apply patches to Debian Linux server.

Step:

i. Connect to your Debian system via SSH. Once you are in the terminal, enter the following commands:-

apt-get update

apt-get update command is used to download package information from all configured sources

ii. following commands will let you view available patches and update packages and the operating system:

apt list –upgradable

apt list –upgradable – generate a list of the packages to be updated in list format.

iii. following commands is to install available upgrades of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources configured via sources.list file.

apt-get upgrade