O Linux Mint é baseado na versão LTS do Ubuntu, então ele recebe pacotes bem testados.
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Se você preferir o aplicativo gráfico, o Mint possui seu próprio gerenciador de atualização, representado por um escudo azul no painel, que deve ser fácil de usar. Ele oferece uma lista de pacotes, mas você geralmente precisa dizer sim.
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Se você preferir a linha de comando,
sudo apt-get update
seguido porupgrade
geralmente é bom. Ele atualizará pacotes, mas não instalará novos pacotes nem removerá nada. Nos documentos:
upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available.
Então, às vezes, não atualiza um pacote cujas dependências foram alteradas. Se você quer ser mais completo, você pode usar sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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dist-upgrade dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade command may therefore remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages.