1. Download the apt-get rpm for your distribution. You can find the rpms here .

Install the rpm with the following command (as root)
[root]# rpm -Uvh apt*.rpm

2. run apt-get update. The first time you run this you will get a prompt to select your servers

[root]# apt-get update

3.Create a script to run the updates. Here is an example. Copy this to a file and make the file executable (chmod +x file)

#!/bin/sh

echo
echo "*** DOING AN UPDATE ***"
echo
apt-get update

echo
echo "*** DOING A CHECK ***"
echo
apt-get check

echo
echo "*** DOING AN UPGRADE ***"
echo
apt-get upgrade -y

echo
echo "*** DOING A DIST UPGRADE ***"
echo
apt-get dist-upgrade -y

echo
echo "*** CLEANING UP ***"
echo
apt-get clean

4. Create a cron job to automatically run the update script every night

[root]# crontab -e (this will open a vi editor for your cron jobs)

copy this to the vi editor (**Replace SCRIPT_DIR with the directory you put the script in)
46   4   *   *   *   SCRIPT_DIR/update.sh 2> &1 > /var/log/update.out

This will run the script every morning at 4:46 am and the system out and system error will be put in a log file /var/log/update.out. You can check that file to see if any updates were applied

If you have an smtp server configured you can have the results of your update emailed to you. To do this, create the cron entry like this:
46   4   *   *   *   SCRIPT_DIR/update.sh 2> &1 > /var/log/update.out && cat /var/log/update.out | mail -s "update results" yourname@yourdomain.com

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