# What are cache updates?

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**Created:** [August 29, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/what-are-cache-updates/3072 "2023-08-29T20:41:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/what-are-cache-updates/3072/1 "2023-08-29T20:41:39Z")

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15:40:52 up 19:57, 1 user, load average: 0.37, 1.04, 1.12  
03:40:52 charles@debian12:~$ apt search unattended upgrades  
Sorting… Done  
Full Text Search… Done  
apt-config-auto-update/stable 2.2 all  
APT configuration for automatic cache updates

unattended-upgrades/stable 2.9.1+nmu3 all  
automatic installation of security upgrades

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/what-are-cache-updates/3072/2 "2023-08-29T21:24:43Z")

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I think apt-cache is the repo syncing that happens whenever you run “apt update.”

> **[apt-cache(8) - Linux man page](https://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-cache)**
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> apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT's package cache. apt-cache does not manipulate the state of the system but does provide operations to ...

Looking at the apt package, if you want automatic upgrades, use the unattended-upgrades package util instead.

> **[Debian -- Details of package apt-config-auto-update in sid](https://packages.debian.org/sid/apt-config-auto-update)**
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> APT configuration for automatic cache updates