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InTasks can be automated using the cron utility.

To setup cron to update apt, in a terminal, type:

sudo su

Toto access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

Toto begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following linesline:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

ToThis will tell the system to automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. After saving and exiting, it is now activated, no further actions. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking. It is now activated, no further actions.

Note time trigger "0 7 * * 1" translates to 0 hours past 7 every day of every month that is a Monday. To help with timechanging the trigger of crontab, you can use https://cron.help.

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking. It is now activated, no further actions.

To help with time trigger of crontab you can use https://cron.help

Tasks can be automated using the cron utility.

To setup cron to update apt, in a terminal type:

sudo su

to access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

to begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following line:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

This will tell the system to automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. After saving and exiting, it is now activated, no further actions. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking.

Note time trigger "0 7 * * 1" translates to 0 hours past 7 every day of every month that is a Monday. To help with changing the trigger, you can use https://cron.help.

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking. It is now activated, no further actions.

To help with time trigger of crontab you can use https://cron.help

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking.

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking. It is now activated, no further actions.

To help with time trigger of crontab you can use https://cron.help

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking.

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking.

In a terminal, type:

sudo su

To access a root-level prompt. Then, run:

crontab -e

To begin editing your crontab, a table of tasks to run automatically at a given time. It will open in your preferred text editor. Modify it to include the following lines:

0 7 * * 1 apt update && apt upgrade -y

To automatically update and upgrade your apps at 7AM every Monday. Read-up on crontab to see how to adjust to your liking.

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