Automate safe system upodates with a single script (for APT + systemd systems)

THE PROBLEM Keeping a Linux system fully updated usually means doing several things by hand: Update APT package lists Upgrade installed packages Remove unused dependencies and cached files Update Flatpak apps (if you use Flatpak) Update firmware via fwupd (if available) Decide whether to reboot or shut down None of that is hard, but it is repetitive and easy to skip steps, especially firmware updates. This script turns that whole workflow into a single, safe command. REQUIREMENTS This script assumes: Package manager Uses APT Example: Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and similar Init system Uses systemd (for systemctl reboot/poweroff) Shell bash (script uses “#!/usr/bin/env bash” and “set -euo pipefail”) You can run it with: bash script.sh Privileges Your user has sudo rights Optional components Flatpak (optional) If not installed, Flatpak steps are skipped fwupd (fwupdmgr, optional) If not installed, firmware steps a...
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Firmware management: fwupdmgr

To upgrade the firmware, you can use the fwupdmgr command.

Install it:
$ sudo apt install fwupd

Get a list of devices that support firmware updates with fwupdmgr:
$ fwupdmgr get-devices

Get the status of the devices if they have an available firmware update:
$ fwupdmgr get-updates

Install all available updates:
$ fwupdmgr update

Manually pass the device IDS of the devices you want to be updated:
$ fwupdmgr update <DEVICE IDS>

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