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Ubuntu 21.04. Does apt update and apt upgrade work on all apps?

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Newbie here. About 3 weeks ago I switched from Windows 10 to Ubuntu 21.04. Occasionally I do sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade. Does this update/upgrade all my apps? If not, how can I tell which apps are not getting updated/upgraded?

I want to keep all my apps up to date. I have installed a few snaps, flatpaks and appimages.

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answered 2 Years ago girdleas · Accepted Answer

You can create an alias for the command like

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt dist-upgrade -y && snap refresh && flatpak upgrade -y"

to get upgrades for applications from all sources - APT, Snap and FlatPak.

To manage AppImages you can install AppImageLauncher from the AppImageLauncher - Stable PPA - Official Releases to your system by using commands below:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appimagelauncher-team/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install appimagelauncher

and then check its updater component for AppImages which support AppImageUpdate routine.