Proper way to update?

[Badger101]

Hi,

I'm trying to update my copy of Debian Wheezy and the RPi itself, is this the right way to do it?

Update the apt package list

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$ sudo apt-get update

Update the system files

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$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Update the RPi Firmware

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$ sudo rpi-update

And a reboot

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$ sudo reboot

Thanks.

[dom]

Look okay to me.

[geezbeez]

Just -
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
This is a bit like windows update, its good to keep the OS up to date.

RPi Firmware.
If you don't need firmware patches at this very moment you don't need rpi-update. Its not available unless you install it and aside from this you can probably update your firmware without rpi-update.

Its probably on here somewhere what firmware updates are available and what they fix.
You can check your firmware version as follows to see if you need an update:
sudo /opt/vc/bin/vcgencmd version
My Rasp Pi shows:
Apr 18 2012 15:04:46
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version 310376 (release)

[Super-Nathan]

Generally I prefer Aptitude over apt-get (you will need to install it). It is a more powerful front end to apt-get.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(software)

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sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade

[guidol]

how about a

apt-get dist-upgrade

before or after the rpi-update?