How to update and upgrade Kali Linux

I really should of put this post up much earlier, but alas here it is. One of the first things you should do upon installing Kali is to do update it. I will show you the commands to do this, it is very easy, just like most other things once you know how to do it it will become like second nature.

Beware, this may take a LONG time on a slow connection depending on how out of date your installation is, so if you are on a slow connection consider going to the coffee shop. Ok lets go.

Open up your terminal and type the following:

apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

 The first command cleans out old and obsolete packages, as this might interfere with the update.

The second command updates your repositories, in case you don't know a repository is basically a website that has Linux applications and sources.

The third command will update the installed applications.

And the fourth command will update the installation itself.

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