Does OS X support a mechanism for security updates similar to apt-get?
Does OS X support a mechanism for security updates similar to apt-get?
I have used brew to install software, is there a similar command line mechanism to download the OS's security updates?
softwareupdate
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softwareupdate can perform updates to macOS.
List updates with softwareupdate -l and install recommended updates with
softwareupdate
softwareupdate -l
sudo softwareupdate -ir
where -i installs specified updates and -r selects all recommended updates.
-i
-r
Warning: by default,
softwareupdate does not automatically restart the system even when when an update requires it. You need to either add the -R flag, or notice that the update has a "[restart]" suffix in the list and restart manually after installing.– Gordon Davisson
Sep 2 at 19:30
softwareupdate
-R
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Take a look at the manual for
softwareupdate.– fd0
Sep 2 at 18:05