Default User wrote: > I am considering just running sudo apt clean (or sudo > apt-get clean) [...]
This is what I eventually landed at and it has worked ever since - a1 is to maintain, a2 to upgrade as well. #! /bin/zsh a1 () { sudo apt-get -qq update sudo apt autoremove >&2 2> /dev/null sudo apt-get -qq autoremove sudo aptitude -q=99 autoclean sudo apt-get -qq check apt -a list --upgradable } a2 () { a1 sudo apt-get -qq upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade } Full source with all other apt stuff I have, suggestions welcome: https://dataswamp.org/~incal/conf/.zsh/apt -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal